26 News items related to 'Mozambique'
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New research highlights the power of digital tools to reach more children and fight malaria in Mozambique
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Milestone for Mozambique as R21 malaria vaccine rolled out in Zambézia province
In another momentous step forward for child survival against malaria, Mozambique has become the 11th country to introduce a malaria vaccine. Last week, the first phase of the R21 vaccine rollout…
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Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation join Mozambique’s national malaria programme to digitalise seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns
In a new collaboration, Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation will support Mozambique’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) to roll out a new digital tool to accelerate the digitalisation of…
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Malaria Consortium launches rapid assessments project to help define the future of seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Malaria Consortium is conducting a new research project to carry out ‘rapid assessments’ in East and southern Africa to provide evidence on the suitability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)…
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Research shows improved malaria treatment is the most cost-effective approach to improving health outcomes in children
A study published in Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including the University of Michigan, Malaria Consortium, Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and USAID has found that…
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention scaled up for the first time outside the Sahel
Mozambique has become the first country outside of the Sahel region to scale up its use of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC). Beginning today, Malaria Consortium, in collaboration with…
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Malaria Consortium presents data quality evaluation results to Mozambique’s Ministry of Health at national malaria strategy meeting
Malaria Consortium presented results from an evaluation of data quality for in-hospital malaria deaths to Mozambique’s Minister of Health at the at the 13th meeting of the National Malaria Control…
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Community health workers are saving costs of care for the three major childhood illnesses in Mozambique and Uganda
New research from Mozambique and Uganda has shown that effectively trained community health workers (CHWs) can reduce treatment costs for malaria and pneumonia among children under five in rural…
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Genomic surveillance used to improve malaria treatment in Mozambique
Health workers in Mozambique are collecting samples for genomic surveillance of malaria to monitor malaria transmission intensity and resistance to antimalarial drugs and diagnostics. Mozambique has…
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Assessing the effectiveness of a community digital health platform in Mozambique
In a new learning paper published today, Malaria Consortium reviews the effectiveness of upSCALE, a community digital health platform implemented in Mozambique. Over a four-year period, upSCALE…
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Research insight - Shared malaria surveillance expertise has transformative effect on success of surveillance as a core intervention in moderate to high transmission settings
New research suggests that making use of practical experience can have a transformative effect on the success of malaria surveillance as a core intervention (SACI) in moderate to high malaria…
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WHO issue new guidelines on seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation – our response
On 3 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new malaria chemoprevention guidelines. While previous WHO policy recommendations provided specific guidance on how chemoprevention…
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Scientific modelling for malaria policymaking
Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Uganda National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) and Malaria Consortium have co-authored an opinion piece on future malaria…
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Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for a sixth year running
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that our seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme has been awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for the sixth year in a row. GiveWell, a…
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Malaria Consortium conducts first ever study to establish acceptability and feasibility of SMC outside the Sahel
Malaria Consortium researchers, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme in Mozambique, have undertaken a phased implementation study in Nampula province to understand if seasonal…
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Malaria Consortium to pilot seasonal malaria chemoprevention outside Sahel for first time
Mozambique’s Ministry of Health officials met with staff from Malaria Consortium at a kick off meeting to launch an exciting new research study that could see further gains made towards malaria…
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Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) and COVID-19
Protecting the world's most vulnerable people is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of life saving health services must not be interrupted however, especially at community level, if…
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Malaria Consortium announces new malaria surveillance programme in Mozambique
London, 31 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of a three-year project entitled “Strengthening malaria surveillance for data-driven decision making in Mozambique”. The…
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Annual Review Meeting of the upSCALE platform in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique
More than 70 participants attended a meeting to discuss the annual review of the upSCALE project, carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Heath of Cabo Delgado in partnership with Malaria…
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Putting surveillance at the heart of the fight against malaria in Mozambique
Malaria Consortium convened a successful two-day symposium on malaria surveillance in Maputo, Mozambique this week, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme. The symposium brought…