359 Publications items related to 'Uganda'
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Integrated community case management in a peri-urban setting: A qualitative evaluation in Wakiso District, Uganda
Background Integrated community case management (iCCM) strategies aim to reach poor communities by providing timely access to treatment for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea for children under 5…
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VOX Uganda: Village health worker on using drama to reduce malaria
Malaria Consortium worked with the National Malaria Control Programme to introduce 'sensitisation through drama' to communities in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda. This VOX Voices of Experience…
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VOX Uganda: Mbale DHO on boda boda malaria referral system
Malaria Consortium worked with the National Malaria Control Programme to introduce a motorcycle (boda boda) referral system to communities in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda. This VOX Voices of…
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VOX Uganda: Mbale District chairperson on VHT training and malaria
Malaria Consortium worked with the National Malaria Control Programme to train village health team members (VHTs) to sensitise communities about malaria in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda. This VOX…
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Malaria infection risk and use of insecticide treated nets in the context of insecticide resistance in Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses the results of a study on the level of personal protection provided by insecticide…
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Resources: Annual review :
Trustees' report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2017
Malaria Consortium's Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year which ended 31 March 2017.
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Resources: Newsletter :
Providing Ugandan community health workers with bicycles
Village health team members from 43 communities in Iyolwa, a sub-county in eastern Uganda, received brand new bicycles this month thanks to our recent fundraising campaign. Malaria Consortium…
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Resources: Presentation :
Improving health worker performance through text messaging: Pilot intervention designed to increase coverage of IPTp
At Roll Back Malaria's fourth annual Social Behaviour Change Communication Working Group meeting, Malaria Consortium’s Christian Rassi presented lessons learnt from a successful pilot study designed…
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Resources: Case study :
Delivering nets at the last mile: Success through promoting a culture of net use
This success story discusses USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts, which distributed one million long lasting insecticidal nets to 1,978,114 people in three districts in Uganda in February…
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Resources: Journal article :
Community dialogues for child health: Results from a qualitative process evaluation in three countries
Background Across the developing world, countries are increasingly adop ting the integrated community casemanagement of childhood illnesses (iCCM) strategy in efforts to reduce child mortality. This…
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Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: Community health workers’ and national stakeholders’ differing perspectives of new and existing aids
Background Pneumonia heavily contributes to global under-five mortality. Many countries use community case management to detect and treat childhood pneumonia. Community health workers (CHWs) have…
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Travel and the emergence of high-level drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in southwest Uganda: Results from a population-based study
Background The I164L mutation on the dhfr gene confers high level resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) but it is rare in Africa except in a cluster of reports where prevalence >10% in…
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Insecticide resistance patterns in Uganda and the effect of indoor residual spraying with bendiocarb on kdr L1014S frequencies in Anopheles gambiae s.s.
Background Resistance of malaria vectors to pyrethroid insecticides has been attributed to selection pressure from long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and the use…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Informing policy and practice to improve quality of care for malaria in pregnancy in Uganda
Which activities supported the uptake of results from an operational research study that explored the barriers to achieving high coverage of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy…
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Resources: Research brief :
Strengthening service delivery for malaria in pregnancy: A mobile health pilot intervention in West Nile, Uganda
To address key barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp), Malaria Consortium developed a pilot intervention that trained health workers on malaria in…
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting government to control malaria in Uganda
The USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts aims to strengthen the government’s capacity to design, plan and monitor malaria control activities.
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium strategy 2015–2019
To achieve our mission, Malaria Consortium will work with partners — including all levels of government — to improve the lives of all in Africa and Asia, especially the poorest and most marginalised.…
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60-second learning: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostics
A 60-second introduction to Malaria Consortium's new learning paper: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostic aids. Kevin Baker, pneumonia diagnostics programme coordinator, presents. Diagnosing pneumonia can…
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Top moments of 2016
Reflecting on a few of our favourite moments from 2016
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Resources: Poster :
Improving the coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy through text messaging health workers in West Nile, Uganda
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses a project that aimed to tackle malaria infection in pregnant women through…