456 items related to 'Nigeria'
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing malaria morbidity in infants through intermittent preventive treatment in Nigeria
This study is assessing the clinical effectiveness and operational feasibility of Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Nigeria. It aims to generate the necessary evidence to support…
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Blog :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention and COVID-19: One year on
2020 was the most difficult year in living memory. Echoing the call of the World Health Organization (WHO), Malaria Consortium supported arguments for malaria programmes to be maintained as essential…
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Resources: Journal article :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel subregion of Africa: A cost-effectiveness and cost-savings analysis
This study provides timely and important evidence on the cost, cost-effectiveness and potential cost savings of the first large-scale, multi-country SMC campaign.
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Blog :
Can the near-eradication of polio give us hope in the fight against malaria?
Across history, humans have successfully eradicated only one disease — smallpox. Successful eradication was made easier given that the disease was easy to diagnose because there were no asymptomatic…
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Blog :
Our top blogs of 2020
In a challenging year for our operations across Africa and Asia, we have looked to communicate the breadth of Malaria Consortium’s work on our blog, including the ways we've adapted our programmes in…
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Resources: Journal article :
COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs, prevention behaviours and misinformation in the context of an adapted seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in six northern Nigerian states
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our SMC delivery model to ensure safety of distributors, data collectors and communities.
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Resources: Journal article :
Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: An observational study
This study evaluates the ACCESS-SMC project, which sought to remove barriers to SMC scale-up in seven countries in 2015–2016.
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Resources: Presentation :
Adapting SMC in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic: Enhancing safety and minimising risk
Our adaptations to our 2020 SMC campaign in Nigeria ensured the continued safe delivery of SMC during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Resources: Synopsis :
Assessing the usability of a geospatial platform for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
We are piloting the use of a geospatial platform called Reveal to support the planning, distribution and tracking of SMC in northern Nigeria.
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Blog :
Looking to 2021 - the scope for SMC in the future
Progress towards fewer malaria cases and deaths has plateaued in recent years and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of malaria elimination by 2030 looks increasingly challenging in…
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Q&A :
Strong partnerships make for successful programmes
In conversation with Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) We spoke with Dr Audu Bala Mohammed, National Coordinator of Nigeria’s NMEP and his team to hear how the partnership with…
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Resources: Poster :
Improving malaria funding by strengthening awareness and coverage of the state health insurance scheme among women of reproductive age in Nigeria
The Nigerian state health insurance scheme could improve access to affordable malaria healthcare among vulnerable communities.
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Resources: Project brief :
Using artificial intelligence on mobile devices to determine respiratory rate (AIRR)
This study seeks to assess the feasibility of using artificial intelligence on mobile devices to determine respiratory rate in under-fives in low- and middle-income countries.
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Resources: Poster :
Investigating fever occurrence among under-fives and seasonal malaria chemoprevention protocol adherence in northern Nigeria
Quality delivery of SMC significantly reduces fever occurrence in under-fives when used alongside insecticide-treated nets.
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Resources: Poster :
Measuring the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria using propensity score matching for counterfactuals (2017–2019)
Propensity score matching could be a suitable method to determine the impact of SMC when routine data analysis is inadequate.
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Resources: Synopsis :
Assessing adherence to infection prevention and control measures for seasonal malaria chemoprevention during COVID-19
This study will explore community distributors’ adherence to infection prevention and control practices for SMC in Burkina Faso, Chad and Nigeria during COVID-19.
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Resources: Presentation :
Piloting Reveal for use in seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria
This presentation gives an overview of a new pilot study that explores the possibility of digitising the management of SMC via the Reveal platform.
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Resources: Presentation :
Co-implementing vitamin A supplementation with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Sokoto state, Nigeria: A feasibility study
This presentation explores the feasibility and acceptability of co-delivering vitamin A supplementation via the SMC campaign.
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Blog :
Adapting seasonal malaria chemoprevention during a pandemic
“We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear” WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020When the WHO declared in early March of this year that…
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Resources: Synopsis :
Designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
We are developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for SMC to facilitate appraisal of the quality of programme delivery across countries.