456 items related to 'Nigeria'
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Resources: Poster :
Caregiver knowledge and confidence in seasonal malaria chemoprevention effectiveness in Nigeria
The more knowledgeable caregivers are about seasonal malaria chemoprevention, the more confidence they will have in its effectiveness.
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Resources: Learning brief :
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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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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Resources: Journal article :
Predictors of caregiver adherence to administration of amodiaquine during delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad and Togo
Non-adherence to amodiaquine administration by caregivers has implications for the emergence of antimalarial resistance.
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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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Resources: Brochure :
Unlocking community-based solutions in malaria in pregnancy: Harnessing the power of women and adolescents
We integrate community-centred gender- and youth-responsive approaches into our programme delivery.
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Resources: Project report :
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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Resources: Technical brief :
Adapting political economy analysis for malaria programming
Where a lack of progress cannot be explained by ecological or technological reasons, it is helpful to explore the political economy of a setting.
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Resources: Project report :
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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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Achieving malaria elimination through public-private-philanthropic partnerships
The private sector, which includes both private for-profit and private non-profit organisations, plays a critical role in Nigeria’s efforts to tackle malaria.
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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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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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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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Resources: Learning brief :
Implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention in conflict-affected areas in Borno state, Nigeria
Despite security challenges, seasonal malaria chemoprevention was safely delivered to eligible children and hard-to-reach populations in Borno state, Nigeria.
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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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completedBuilding resilience against future threats through vector control
Malaria Consortium will help address the most pressing challenges facing vector control interventions for malaria and Aedes-borne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia as part of the…
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Resources: Journal article :
Optimising the role of lead mothers in seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns: Formative research in Kano state, northern Nigeria
Lead mothers can and do influence caregivers to adopt healthy behaviours during SMC campaigns. But their recruitment, training and supervision can be improved.
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Resources: Capacity statement :
Universal health coverage
Universal health coverage is fundamental to the design and implementation of our programmes.