541 items related to 'Uganda'
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ICCM in Uganda: background and process
Presentation by Dr Henry Katamba from the Uganda Ministry of Health.
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Malaria Consortium presents at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems
Malaria Consortium was well represented at this week’s Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, which ran from 30 September until 3 October 2014. The conference was attended…
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Pneumonia diagnostics: Searching for new tools for frontline health workers in resource-poor settings
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and discusses the formative research findings of the Pneumonia Diagnostics Project. The project aimed…
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Challenges to recording and reporting of uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy at facility level in Uganda
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and discusses challenges to recording and reporting the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in…
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Integrated community case management in practice: Lessons learnt from a participatory evaluation in three African countries
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and discusses various stakeholder perspectives on introducing large-scale integrated community case…
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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
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and assesses how integrated community case management as the first point of care improves equity and…
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Uganda - The devastating impact of childhood diseases
The Malaria Consortium project behind this film - InSCALE - is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative that is looking at the critical need for community-based health volunteers in…
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Pioneer project 2009–2014: A holistic systems strengthening approach towards malaria control in midwestern Uganda
Between 2009 and 2014, Malaria Consortium aimed to reduce the number of malaria cases and deaths in midwestern Uganda by supporting the Ministry of Health and national malaria programmes through the…
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inSCALE Mobile Technology - enhancing community health worker performance and motivation
In Uganda 154 children under the age of five die every day from diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. The Ministry of Health is using volunteer community health workers, known locally as village health…
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inSCALE Village Health Clubs- local solutions for improved child health
In Uganda 154 children under the age of five die every day from diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. The Ministry of Health is using volunteer community health workers, known locally as village health…
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InSCALE: Advocating for increased iCCM coverage in Uganda
Three quarters of deaths in children under five are caused by malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia often because access to quality health care is hardest in areas where the need is greatest. Uganda has…
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Uganda launches test kits project to boost malaria treatment in private health sector
16 September - Malaria Consortium, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the National Drug Authority, WHO and other NGOs, has launched a $6.2 million (about £10.1 million) project to create…
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Making community health workers part of the public health solution
"Children used to die a lot. All the time we were burying them," says Nakigude Ruth, a mother who lost her three year old son while trying to get to the health facility as quickly as possible. There…
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Improving access for under-fives to life saving treatment through integrated community case management for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea
This is the final project report for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) grant to Malaria Consortium for the project “Improving access for under-fives to life saving treatment…
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Historic campaign delivers mosquito nets to every household across Uganda
A universal LLIN campaign to distribute 21 million nets across Uganda reached completion this weekend and was marked at an event in Kampala. The first distribution of its kind in Uganda, the 16 month…
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Orientation on external quality assurance for malaria diagnostics
The Ugandan Ministry of Health, through funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is rolling out external quality assurance (EQA) for malaria diagnostics across the…
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The use of counting beads to improve the classification of fast breathing in low-resource settings: a multi-country review
This article presents findings on using counting beads and a timer to count a child's respiratory rate in order to improve classification of fast breathing.
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Resources: Case study :
Drug redistribution in Uganda
This case study describes the challenge of drug redistribution in Uganda, where many districts are facing the problem of drugs expiring on the shelves. Sharing their experiences are village health…
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Improving pneumonia diagnostics through the use of counting beads
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. Every year it kills an estimated 1.2 million young children, accounting for approximately 18 percent of all deaths in this age group –…
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Community dialogues for child health: Results from a process evaluation in three countries
Community dialogues are a powerful approach to make health promotion activities more participatory and effective in addressing social norms around childcare practices. This brief discusses community…