45 Blog items related to 'Nigeria'
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One visit, many lives saved: How to fight malaria smarter
This World Immunisation Week, Malaria Consortium is highlighting how our integrated service delivery approach is helping us reach more children with more interventions — without proportionally…
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Shifting the tide on malaria through partnership
For World Malaria Day 2026, Malaria Consortium co-authored a piece with the Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) to shine a spotlight on the unmatchable power of…
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How transforming a health post revived trust in local healthcare
In Pooro state in Nigeria, a dilapidated health facility was brought back to life by the combined efforts of Malaria Consortium and the local community, restoring healthcare to the people of Pooro.
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Driving impact through digital innovation: A core pillar of Malaria Consortium’s new strategy
The rapidly evolving world of digital approaches and tools — including AI — holds immense promise for enhancing how we can deliver impact, and form a key part of the plan to deliver Malaria…
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World Malaria Day 2025: Giving health workers the tools they need to put an end to malaria, once and for all
On World Malaria Day, we're shining a light on Malaria Consortium’s work in Nigeria, which relies heavily on the people who deliver the services.
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Pioneering solutions for community health: Africa's trailblazers
Many countries in Africa have grappled with significant challenges in providing accessible and quality healthcare to their populations due to insufficient infrastructure, shortages of medical…
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Photo story: Global efforts to end malaria boosted on World Malaria Day
In April 2024, Malaria Consortium collaborated with stakeholders around the world to mark World Malaria Day, reinforcing the urgent need to eliminate this deadly disease. Malaria continues to pose a…
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Our third year as an Independent Research Organisation: Using research to respond to health inequities and emerging threats
According to the World Health Organization’s State of Inequality: HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2021), diseases including malaria continue to take a disproportionally large toll on marginalised…
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Top reads of 2023
In 2023, alongside continuing our work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to health services and find solutions to improve health and…
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Mairo's mission to save lives: The matron improving outcomes for children with severe malaria
Photos by David Dawali Exodus This is Mairo, a matron at a hospital in Kano state, in northern Nigeria. She stands in the middle of the ward where is she is responsible, alongside a team of nurses,…
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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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Child survival: African governments must show leadership
What defines good leadership in the context of African health programmes? Is it economic power, the ability to govern or provide oversight, or the determination to follow a plan and take…
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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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Advancing the conversation on SMC at ASTMH 2022
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Annual Meeting is one of the world’s most important meetings of global health practitioners, researchers and funders. While the rainy…
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Photo story: Learning exchange shares institutional capacity to respond to rising arbovirus threat in Africa
From 31 October to 5 November 2022, as part of the Resistance Against Future Threats (RAFT) project through Vector Control, funded by UK aid, Malaria Consortium hosted a learning exchange with…
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Why we must increase access to lifesaving pneumonia interventions for children
As COP27 is underway this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, the world is reminded of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set by the United Nations, one of which is to catalyse action against climate…
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ASTMH 2022: The importance of equity and how we address it
In the second instalment of our ASTMH blog series, we outline some of Malaria Consortium's work around improving equitable access to health services and how this enables us to maximise the impact of…
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ASTMH 2022: The power of partnerships to optimise health outcomes
In the first instalment of our American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene's Annual Meeting (ASTMH) series this year, we're highlighting the powerful role of partnerships in delivering…
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International Day of the Girl: Community-led approach to improving access to sexual health and family planning services in South Sudan
Adut is 18 years old, and a student living in Naivasha. She has been helping to inform young people within her school and community about accessing sexual health services and spreading awareness of…
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The impact of Global Fund investment in fighting malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is a critical financing mechanism that has invested more than US$55 billion over the last 20 years to fund health programmes in…