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Malaria Consortium gives evidence to International Development Committee inquiry on Myanmar
19 December 2013Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive, Charles Nelson, gave oral evidence in the House of Commons to the International Development Committee’s (IDC) inquiry into democracy and development in Myanmar (Burma) on the 17 De…
Malaria Consortium announces multi-country programme for pneumonia diagnostics
19 December 2013Malaria Consortium announces a new multi-country programme to improve diagnosis of pneumonia in four countries in Africa and Southeast Asia. The programme aims to reduce child mortality by identifying the most accurate and user-fr…
JITMM: Malaria Consortium urges partners to increase elimination efforts
12 December 2013Malaria Consortium urged partners to increase efforts to eliminate malaria, especially because of the emergence of resistance to artemisinin, the best currently available treatment when used in combinations with other drugs, durin…
World Malaria Report 2013
11 December 2013Malaria Consortium welcomes the launch of the World Malaria Report 2013 today, which outlines the progress being made towards global malaria targets set for 2015. Published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the report also h…
Village Health Clubs: creating a collective voice
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In Uganda, Malaria Consortium’s inSCALE project has been training community health workers to facilitate village health clubs in their communities.
In Kigungu, a…
Malaria Consortium agrees new partnership with Myanmar Government
3 December 2013Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Myanmar Government, establishing a new three-year partnership that aims to provide technical assistance and strategic support for…
Tackling school absenteeism from malaria in Ethiopia
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In Ethiopia, over two thirds of the population are at risk of malaria. Unlike other sub-Saharan African countries, in Ethiopia, the transmission of the disease can vary significantly from one y…
Highlights from the Trustees' Report and Financial Statements
27 November 2013Click here to view the full report online.
The last year has been a very active one for Malaria Consortium. As the new Chief Executive, arriving at the organisation at the end of February, I have been impressed by both the …
Guardian International Development Journalism Competition winner announced
25 November 2013Malaria Consortium is pleased to have supported the sixth International Development Journalism Competition held by the UK’s Guardian newspaper, which has published the finalists’ articles today.
The articles, which hi…
World Pneumonia Day: Innovations will save lives
12 November 2013Pneumonia is the leading killer of children in in the world, accounting for nearly 1.4 million deaths of children under the age of five each year. Low-income countries share the bulk of this burden.
“If we are to save more …
Malaria Consortium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
12 November 2013The 62nd American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting takes place this week in Washington DC. The four day conference gathers experts across a range of global health issues to present, discuss and debate the la…
Malaria Consortium welcomes six new trustees
15 October 2013Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the appointment of six new members to the Board of Trustees. Joining us are Professor Fred Binka, Professor Brian Greenwood, Baroness Hayman, Dr Joanna Schellenberg, Dr Nermeen Varawalla a…
Malaria Consortium calls for greater innovation in push towards elimination
11 October 2013A Malaria Consortium symposium highlighted the need for increased innovation as part of malaria elimination efforts, during the Sixth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Malaria Conference in Durban.
The symposiu…
Malaria Consortium at MIM 2013
1 October 2013As a leading non-profit organisation specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases, Malaria Consortium will have a strong presence at the 6th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference th…
The UK Commits to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
24 September 2013Yesterday the UK Government led the international donor community in pledging their support for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Yesterday the Secretary of State for the Department of International Develop…
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: leading the way on an innovative approach in Nigeria
16 September 2013In July this year, Malaria Consortium became the first organisation to fully implement Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Nigeria
Malaria in Nigeria continues to represent a major public health concern. The country has a populat…
Lives of 90 million children saved in last two decades, but global efforts still fall short
13 September 2013In spite of progress, a new UNICEF report suggests that Millennium Development Goal 4 will not be met until 2028
The lives of 90 million children have been saved thanks to global efforts in the last 20 years, according to a new r…
Glorious! Souptember campaign raising money to help combat malaria
10 September 2013Souptember is an annual celebration of goodwill during the month of September, created by Glorious! soups in the United Kingdom. This year Malaria Consortium is delighted that Souptember will be raising funds to help combat malari…
Celebrating health workers at the frontlines - in pictures
20 August 2013Community Health Workers often serve the most vulnerable populations in the hardest to reach communities. In Uganda, Malaria Consortium has trained over 7,000 Community Health Workers, known as Village Health Team (VHT) volunteers…
Symposium – Community Health Workers: bringing health closer to home for Mozambicans
2 August 2013From Mozambique, lessons learned in community based programmes for health promotion and management of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia in children under-five
Maputo, Mozambique – Malaria Consortium Mozambique called for a g…
12 million mosquito nets and innovative thinking make Ghana malaria partnership a success
30 July 2013In a report released earlier this month, the Promoting Malaria Prevention and Treatment (ProMPT) Project describes an innovative model for distributing over 12 million mosquito nets to prevent the transmission of malaria in Ghana.…
Malaria Consortium responds to the National Audit Office Report on malaria
4 July 2013London, 4 July 2013 - Yesterday saw the release of the National Audit Office (NAO) report on malaria. Malaria Consortium welcomes the report and is pleased that it comments on the urgent need to increase funding globally for the f…
Beyond the Genome: Malaria and drug resistance at the Summer Science Exhibition
3 July 2013Photograph from award-winning photojournalist Adam Nadel and Malaria Consortium featured in Beyond the Genome at the Summer Science Exhibition
The Summer Science Exhibition at the Royal Society in London, an annual display of the…
Tackling malnutrition in South Sudan – in pictures
24 June 2013Almost a billion people are affected by hunger, chronic undernourishment and famine worldwide, the vast majority in developing countries. Malnutrition claims the lives of over two million children every year.
In South Sudan, Mala…
ICCM: Sharing what works - Symposium
31 May 2013Every year, an estimated 6.9 million children die before they reach the age of five; many of them from preventable and treatable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. Working with governments and communities to reduce th…
Malaria Consortium calls for urgent and sustained scale-up of ICCM to meet MDGs
30 May 2013Malaria Consortium calls for a greater level of investment for the sustainability of integrated community case management (ICCM), at an event held in London today to share learning from a large-scale ICCM programme run in four Afr…
Tackling hunger in South Sudan: emergency nutrition workers at the frontlines
28 May 2013In Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan, where on-going insecurity and environmental issues makes access to food difficult, community nutrition worker Simon Deng Garrang is bringing urgently needed care to children with &nbs…
Malaria Consortium calls for an increase in malaria funding
24 April 2013“We cannot allow there to be a period when we are not fighting and focusing on malaria because history shows us there will be a resurgence, even where there has been success.”
Malaria Consortium Chief Executive, Charl…
Malaria Consortium launches exhibition to mark World Malaria Day
23 April 2013On 25 April 2013, World Malaria Day will be marked worldwide. Malaria Consortium is helping to recognise the global effort to defeat malaria with the launch this week of Adam Nadel’s photographic exhibition Malaria: blood, s…
Malaria Consortium signs onto Global Action Plan
18 April 2013On the 12 April to mark World Health Workers week, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF launched the Integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea. This marks the first-ever simultaneo…
Achieving impact: supporting and motivating frontline health workers
11 April 2013Malaria Consortium renews its commitment during World Health Worker Week to supporting those health workers to bring care to those in need, and in particular some of the world’s most vulnerable children.
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A simple guide to the MDGs, global health and what comes next
25 March 2013The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire in 2015. As we approach the deadline, it is clear that the next development framework needs to be in place to take over. Discussions at the highest level have begun. David Camero…
Malaria Consortium Appoints New Chief Executive
11 March 2013Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Charles Nelson has joined the organisation in its 10th anniversary year as Chief Executive, bringing with him over 30 years of leadership and business experience in health care and …
Malaria Consortium receives Award for Operational Excellence in South Sudan
18 February 2013We are pleased to announce that Malaria Consortium South Sudan received an award for “operational excellence in a difficult environment” at the 2013 Alliance for Malaria Prevention Partner's Meeting in Geneva earl…
Malaria Consortium adds its voice to the call to protect EU aid
7 February 2013Malaria Consortium have indicated their support to protect development and humanitarian aid in the EU Budget negotiations for the period up to 2020 by signing a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron. The letter also had the suppo…
House of Lords Debate on Neglected Tropical Diseases
5 February 2013On 30th January 2013, a debate on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) was held in the House of Lords in the UK. Following a parliamentary question from Baroness Hayman to inquire what progress has been made in combating NTDs by DFI…
Communities mobilise to tackle the global health worker shortage
28 January 2013Malaria Consortium is working with Governments and communities in Uganda to improve access to basic health careThe road connecting Mbale town to the villages on top of the hill in Wanale sub-county is steep and has been eroded by …
The London Declaration on NTDs: One Year On
17 January 2013January 2013 marks the 1st anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases where pharmaceuticals, governments and donors pledged to eliminate or control 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2020. The first…