336 items related to 'Mozambique'
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Rapid assessment of malaria surveillance system at district level in Mozambique
Completeness and accuracy of data were suboptimal at district level. The frequency of data quality assurance visits did not show clear improvements across all quality indicators.
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Development and evaluation of a novel protocol to assess the efficacy of seasonal malaria chemoprevention using sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine and amodiaquine in an area of high drug resistance in Nampula, Mozambique
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention with SPAQ is preventing clinical disease but is not preventing new sub-patent infections over 28 days despite therapeutic drug levels, suggesting prevention of…
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The impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine in northern Mozambique
Monitoring resistance markers is essential as Mozambique expands seasonal malaria chemoprevention and introduces new chemoprevention strategies.
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User satisfaction and influencing factors of an integrated malaria information system in Mozambique
Mozambique’s integrated malaria information storage system is easy to use and improves decision-making. However, the platform could be improved by ensuring timely data updates.
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Community leadership in seasonal malaria chemoprevention: Engaging communities in northern Mozambique
The involvement of community leaders contributed to the high acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
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Health-seeking behaviours and beliefs surrounding malaria in three East and southern African geographies introducing seasonal malaria chemoprevention: A secondary qualitative analysis
Context-specific data on health-seeking behaviours and beliefs surrounding malaria should be used to strengthen community engagement and health messaging.
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Perceived factors impacting community health workers and lead mothers’ capacity to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention across delivery settings: Qualitative secondary analysis from recent studies in Mozambique, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda
Challenges in access, community sensitisation, workload and context can affect community health workers and lead mothers’ ability to support SMC campaigns.
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Assessing coverage and quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in previously untreated areas of Mozambique
Routinely monitoring SMC coverage and quality can identify areas for improvement, particularly in previously untreated areas.
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Supporting the scale-up of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Mozambique
Malaria Consortium Mozambique visited Nigeria to gather practical knowledge on the effective scale-up of seasonal malaria chemoprevention, and to establish ways of exchanging knowledge in the future.
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Distributing antimalarial medicines to 25 million children: The supply chain step-by-step
Author's note: This blog is an update from the original article published in 2019. Since then, Malaria Consortium's SMC activities have grown from targeting six million children to 25 million…
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Strengthening surveillance for data-driven decision making in Mozambique: Registration books
The introduction of a new registration book reduced the time taken to capture essential health information.
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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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Institutionalising data ownership and data-informed decision-making for community health programmes in Mozambique
Integrating upSCALE into the Ministry of Health's surveillance systems will support data-driven decision-making for community health interventions.
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Malaria surveillance in Mozambique
Technicians working in health facilities across Mozambique share their experience of improving malaria data quality through the Strengthening Malaria Surveillance for Data-driven Decision-making in…
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Strengthening malaria surveillance systems to improve malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment in Mozambique
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Malaria Capacity Strengthening Program aims to improve the provision of quality malaria services to reduce morbidity and mortality.
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Strengthening malaria surveillance for data-driven decision making in Mozambique: June 2019 to December 2022
This document summarises the results of three-and-a-half years of programme implementation to scale up malaria surveillance activities in Mozambique.
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Coverage and quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention supported by Malaria Consortium in 2022
This report outlines our methods for monitoring coverage of our SMC programme and the quality of its delivery in 2022.
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Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme: Philanthropy report 2022
This report summarises achievements and challenges in areas where Malaria Consortium used philanthropic funding for SMC.
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Investing in research: Moving the dial for effective, equitable healthcare
Globally, countries in Africa and Asia face the world's highest mortality rates attributable to diseases including malaria, dengue and pneumonia. Research plays a critical role in improving health…
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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…