56 News items related to 'Nigeria'
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Nigeria records significant decline in malaria prevalence, demonstrating progress towards elimination
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New evidence that climatic factors influence use of mosquito nets
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Nigerian government commends Malaria Consortium’s efforts, and reaffirms own commitment, to end malaria
Malaria Consortium’s team in Nigeria recently met with officials from the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Malaria Elimination Programme to discuss partnership opportunities and strengthen…
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Digitalisation of mosquito net distribution shows key benefits for campaign monitoring
Digitalising insecticide-treated net distribution to improve the accuracy of data collection and allow real-time data use is yielding promising results in South Sudan and Nigeria, according to new…
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Global SMC community celebrates new milestone at SMC Alliance Annual Meeting in Nigeria
The fifth Annual Meeting of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Alliance brought together implementing countries, partners and donors to review the past year’s activities and plan for future…
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Nigeria welcomes Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive on collective efforts for national health sector resilience
In a visit of Nigeria, from 6th to 10th November, Dr James Tibenderana, Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive, met with officials from the Federal Ministry of Health and representatives from national…
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State visit shines international spotlight on Kano’s malaria response
Kano, one of Nigeria’s most populous states, was put under the spotlight as state officials hosted leaders from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), U.S.…
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UN High level meeting puts spotlight on essential investments for universal health coverage
Today in New York during the United Nation (UN)’s 78th General Assembly, a High-level meeting (UN HLM) on universal health coverage (UHC) convened nations and stakeholders with a shared vision for…
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Flexibility and adaptation key to maintaining SMC coverage in Nigeria’s conflict-affected Borno state
Learning from adaptations to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns in Nigeria highlights how the intervention remained highly effective in conflict-affected areas, ensuring preventive…
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New modelling analysis helps answer questions about optimising use of perennial malaria chemoprevention and its use in combination with RTS,S
A new study using disease modelling – published last month in the Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including Northwestern University, Malaria Consortium, the National…
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Facilitating public, private and philanthropic partnerships is crucial to tip the scales back to malaria eradication
Experts from Malaria Consortium, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and national malaria control/elimination programmes in Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Uganda call for greater…
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New WHO-recommended nets to target areas with insecticide-resistance
Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Guidelines for Malaria, recommending the use of a new class of mosquito net, containing two active ingredients to kill and repel…
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New report marks 10 years of transformational seasonal malaria chemoprevention scale up and innovation
A new report has been launched to mark 10 years of the successful implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in Africa. The report, entitled ‘From concept to scale – Celebrating 10…
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WHO urges African countries to join forces to stop the spread of Anopheles stephensi
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new initiative in the hopes of stopping the invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, from spreading further in Africa. Through this,…
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Inauguration ceremony and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council
Today in Nigeria, the inauguration and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC) – a public-private partnership formed to support the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in achieving…
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Access to anti-malarials must be synchronised with access to diagnostic tests to avoid malaria medicine misuse in Nigeria
The supply of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) medicines needs to be synchronised to prevent high levels of ACT misuse in Nigeria, a new study has found.…
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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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New tool to lower the costs of distributing vital insecticide-treated nets for malaria control
A new cost-effective decision-making tool can be used to quickly map out and prioritise regions for insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution, especially during public health emergencies and in…
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Non-medical health workers use simplified tools to treat malnutrition in children under five in rural Nigeria
Community health workers in rural Nigeria without formal medical education can successfully identify, treat and refer cases of malnutrition in children under five when using simplified tools and…