541 items related to 'Uganda'
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COMDIS-HSD annual review highlights 2015 achievements
COMDIS-HSD, a Research Programme Consortium (RPC), which conducts operational research to improve health service delivery for underserved populations, released its annual review today. The review…
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Impact of an integrated community case management programme on uptake of appropriate diarrhoea and pneumonia treatments in Uganda: A propensity score matching and equity analysis study
IntroductionFollowing introduction of iCCM, data from cross-sectional household surveys were examined for socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of treatment and use of iCCM among children with a…
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Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa
Abstract Community health worker (CHW) programmes are currently being scaled-up in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to healthcare. CHWs are often volunteers; from an economic perspective, this…
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How Uganda tackles pneumonia, the world's #1 infectious killer
In Uganda, Malaria Consortium is working with the government and partners to improve child health through better diagnosis and treatment for pneumonia. Learn more about our work in integrated…
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Clover Country Report: Uganda
Malaria Consortium's Clover programme, which aimed to reduce the burden of malaria among the poor and increase access to and quality of communicable disease interventions through strengthened health…
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The Clover Project Report
Malaria Consortium's Clover programme aimed to reduce the burden of malaria among the poor and increase access to and quality of communicable disease interventions through strengthened health systems…
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The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: improving pneumonia diagnosis in the community
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project is working to identify the most accurate and acceptable devices for use by frontline health workers in remote settings in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Breathing away: the impact of pneumonia
Every year, close to a million children under the age of 5 die from pneumonia. Globally, it is the number one infectious killer of young children, with those living in poor and rural communities…
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Annual review: Highlights of the year 2014–2015
In 2014–2015, we continued our work to reduce malaria deaths and incidence by helping governments tailor, innovate, adopt and apply interventions best suited to their needs. We also supported the…
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Acceptability of selected respiratory rate counters and pulse oximeters for use by frontline health workers in the detection of pneumonia symptoms in children in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses Malaria Consortium’s evaluation to identify the most accurate and acceptable…
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Negative malaria test case management in the private retail outlets: Results from mystery patient surveys in Nigeria and Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the results of a study for which mystery patient surveys were conducted to…
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Introduction of an innovative system to assist malaria rapid diagnostic testing and reporting in the private sector in Wakiso District, Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the methods and results of a project that aimed to assess the acceptability of the…
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Antimalarial prescription practices for severe malaria cases in health facilities in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda following training of health workers and introduction of injectable artesunate
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses a project that helped three countries revise their national treatment guidelines,…
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Use of intrarectal and injectable artesunate as treatment for severe malaria at different levels of care during the referral process: A case of three rural districts in western Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the interplay between intrarectal and injectable artesunate when used to treat…
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Establishing Village Health Clubs to improve community health worker motivation and performance
Malaria Consortium’s inSCALE project has been supporting the scale-up of quality integrated community case management programmes to improve child health in Uganda. This paper details the process of…
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Improving outcomes of severe malaria management: The role of a community transport referral system in a rural district in eastern Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the results of cross sectional surveys exploring whether a transport referral system…
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Impact of a behaviour change communication programme on net durability in eastern Uganda
Background The importance of net durability and the average useful life of a net is increasingly recognized as one of the critical factors that determine how often nets need to be replaced. A study…
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Entomological surveillance following a long-lasting insecticidal net universal coverage campaign in Midwestern Uganda
Background A universal coverage campaign (UCC) with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was implemented in four districts in Midwestern Uganda in 2009–2010. Entomological surveys were carried out…
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High prevalence of antibiotic resistance in nasopharyngeal bacterial isolates from healthy children in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study
Background In Uganda, the main causes of death in children under 5 years of age are malaria and pneumonia-often due to delayed diagnosis and treatment. In preparation for a community case management…
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Evaluation of integrated community case management in eight districts of central Uganda
Objective Evidence is limited on whether Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) improves treatment coverage of the top causes of childhood mortality (acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), diarrhoea…