456 items related to 'Nigeria'
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Videos :
Harmonisation - key to malaria control efforts
SuNMap -- Support to National Malaria Programme -- was set up to support the Nigerian government tackle the burden of malaria, a disease that costs the country at least $1bn a year and causes…
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Videos :
Building the evidence
SuNMap -- Support to National Malaria Programme -- was set up to support the Nigerian government tackle the burden of malaria, a disease that costs the country at least $1bn a year and causes…
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Resources: Journal article :
“We are supposed to take care of it”: A qualitative examination of care and repair behaviour of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in Nasarawa state, Nigeria
This study provides valuable insights into the perceptions and attitudes of users of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Nasarawa, Nigeria, on net durability, care and repair.
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Resources: Learning paper :
Harmonisation of malaria control in Nigeria
Since 2008, the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) project has been strengthening the national effort to control malaria in Nigeria through harmonising efforts by local, national and…
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Harmonisation: lessons for improving donor and partner support for malaria control
For most large-scale health programmes, harmonisation amongst partners is key. When it comes to disease control, this is all the more essential. As organisations work with limited resources and…
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Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention projects in Africa
In the Sahel region of Africa, which covers a broad swathe of land south of the Sahara, malaria remains the leading cause of severe illness and death in young children. A high proportion of the…
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Resources: Case study :
Strengthening commercial retail of LLINs through partnership with professional associations and business member-based organisations
This case study details SuNMaP's approach to facilitate partnerships with medical industry representative bodies in Nigeria.
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Resources: Project brief :
Creating a private sector market for quality-assured RDTs in malaria endemic countries
Diagnosis is one of many crucial components in the fight against malaria. Misdiagnosis or a lack of proper diagnosis can often lead to worsening symptoms and even death in patients and can…
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Resources: Presentation :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: An innovative strategy to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality
This presentation, given during the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases event, Focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo & Nigeria – “Innovation and Action”…
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Resources: Technical brief :
Reducing deaths from severe malaria
This Briefing Note describers a project by a consortium of partners, comprising Medicines for Malaria Venture, Clinton Health Access Initiatve and Malaria Consortium, to strengthen the market to…
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Resources: Journal article :
Universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets: Applying the revised indicators for ownership and use to the Nigeria 2010 malaria indicator survey data
This study applies the newly recommended indicators for the evaluation of insecticide-treated net programmes to the data set from the Malaria Indicator Survey of Nigeria 2010.
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Resources: Learning paper :
Building capacity for creating demand in support of malaria prevention and control
Demand creation is the strategic combination of advocacy, communication and mobilisation approaches that seek to achieve increased community awareness of, and demand for, effective malaria prevention…
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Resources: Technical brief :
Neglected tropical diseases: A holistic vision for disease elimination
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over 1.4 billion people worldwide and cause half a million deaths each year. They also cause chronic disability, stigma and ill health, disproportionally…
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Resources: Learning paper :
It’s all in the detail: developing effective health-related job aids
Malaria Consortium has had extensive experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of job aids. An integral part of our work is to strengthen capacity and improve the…
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium 2003-2013: a decade in communicable disease control and child health
Malaria Consortium was founded in 2003 by a small team of people with a vision - to build the capacity of malaria-endemic countries worldwide to deal with a common and treatable disease that was…
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Resources: Project brief :
Improving severe malaria outcomes
This project brief describes a UNITAID-funded project that aims to reduce severe malaria case fatality rates through improved access to and use of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe…
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completedSupport to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP)
The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) aims to assist the Nigerian government in malaria prevention and treatment through improvements in capacity, project planning and coordination, drug…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated lymphatic filariasis and malaria control
This brief describes a project is to help drive the finalisation, revision and implementation of guidelines to address vector control strategies, which are of benefit to both malaria and lymphatic…
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Resources: Project brief :
Rapid Access Expansion 2015 (RAcE 2015)
This brief descirbes the project RAcE 2015 which aims to improve access to and the quality of community-level management of childhood malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in Niger state, Nigeria,…
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Resources: Project brief :
iCCM guidelines and implementation framework
This brief describes a project to support the development of a decision tree for use by the Nigerian government and implementation partners in the roll-out of integrated community case management for…