197 items related to 'South Sudan'
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Resources: Learning paper :
Enhancing community health through the Boma Health Initiative
Over the last seven years, Malaria Consortium has been supporting the South Sudan government to implement a nationwide community health programme that aims to connect communities to essential health…
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Blog :
International Women's Day 2024: Seven ways to make health programmes gender intentional
To successfully reduce the gender equity gap in healthcare, we need to be gender intentional in our health programming. This means identifying and understanding gender inequalities, gender-based…
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Resources: Journal article :
A quasi-experimental study to estimate effectiveness of SMC in Aweil South county in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan
The results of this study indicate that seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is effective at reducing the incidence of malaria in under-fives in an area with high seasonal malaria transmission and…
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Resources: Annual review :
Trustees' report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2023
Malaria Consortium's trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year which ended 31 March 2023.
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Blog :
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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completedImplementing a subnational COVID-19 vaccination campaign in South Sudan
Inadequate operational funding to implement the COVID-19 vaccine programme has been a key barrier to full vaccination in South Sudan. Rising conflict and flooding have also severely hampered access…
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completedScaling up the Boma Health Initiative in South Sudan
In 2017, the Ministry of Health adopted the Boma Health Initiative (BHI) — the government’s flagship strategy for community-based primary healthcare — to improve the country’s health indicators. The…
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completedConducting rapid assessments to build the evidence base for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in new geographies
SMC has been used successfully in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa and has been shown to be 75 percent effective in preventing uncomplicated and severe malaria during this high-risk…
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completedIntroducing a digital intervention to strengthen the Boma Health Initiative
The South Sudan Ministry of Health adopted the Boma Health Initiative in 2017 with the aim of standardising the provision of community health services and enhancing access to essential primary…
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Resources: Project brief :
Introducing a digital intervention to strengthen the Boma Health Initiative
A project to digitalise integrated community case management in South Sudan aims to address gaps in reporting and increase data quality, and could also improve child health outcomes.
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Resources: Poster :
Evaluating the acceptability and usability of digital tools for implementing a long-lasting insecticidal net distribution campaign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan
Digitalisation of long-lasting insecticidal net distribution is possible in areas with low network coverage.
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Resources: Presentation :
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health services in South Sudan: Empowering women and girls through health services
A four-year gender equality and social inclusion programme has worked with communities to overcome the social stigma that prevents teenagers and young women accessing sexual and reproductive health…
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Resources: Annual review :
20 years of impact: Saving lives, transforming communities
On this, the 20th anniversary of Malaria Consortium, we reflect on the journey so far and provide insights into what we have achieved and how we seek to address the key challenges that remain.
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Resources: Capacity statement :
Integrated community case management
With vast experience in supporting iCCM initiatives across Africa and Asia, Malaria Consortium offers technical assistance to ministries of health to implement and improve their iCCM programmes.
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Resources: Poster :
Health-seeking behaviours and beliefs surrounding malaria in three East and southern African geographies introducing seasonal malaria chemoprevention: A secondary qualitative analysis
Context-specific data on health-seeking behaviours and beliefs surrounding malaria should be used to strengthen community engagement and health messaging.
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Resources: Poster :
Quasi-experimental study to estimate the effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in South Sudan
In South Sudan, seasonal malaria chemoprevention reduced malaria in children during the high transmission season, despite potential high levels of resistance.
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Resources: Poster :
Exploring community perceptions on the feasibility and acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention
The commitment and trust of community health workers increase the feasibility and acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
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Resources: Poster :
Perceived factors impacting community health workers and lead mothers’ capacity to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention across delivery settings: Qualitative secondary analysis from recent studies in Mozambique, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda
Challenges in access, community sensitisation, workload and context can affect community health workers and lead mothers’ ability to support SMC campaigns.
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Accelerating introduction of life saving vaccines for children
Today, government representatives from Chad, Guinea, Somalia and South Sudan come together to take part in a pivotal workshop, co-convened by Malaria Consortium, that will support efforts to…
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Photo story :
Photo story: Universal net coverage is saving lives in South Sudan
Adut is a mother of four children (soon to be five) from South Sudan. Every year, her local community suffers the effects of malaria, with lives lost to this preventable and treatable disease.