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Photo for There is no room for complacency in the battle against malaria – DfID Secretary (Politics Home)

There is no room for complacency in the battle against malaria – DfID Secretary (Politics Home)

19 December 2016

This article was originally published on Politics home. A group of experts met last week to launch a report from…...

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‘Dengue is escalating - and it’s not being taken seriously enough’ (Politics Home)

16 December 2016

This article was originally published on Politics home. This month, experts and Members of Parliament discussed how best to tackle the…...

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World Malaria Report highlights successes but calls for further funding

13 December 2016

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 highlights that there has been a significant improvement in access to…...

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Aid reviews demonstrate UK’s continuing leadership in international development

7 December 2016

Malaria Consortium welcomes the newly published Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews from the Department for International Development (DFID), which recognise…...

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Malaria Consortium to present at JITMM 2016

6 December 2016

Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at this year’s Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) in Bangkok,…...

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Cambodian communities fight dengue with low-cost and grassroots solution

1 December 2016

Malaria Consortium has demonstrated the effectiveness of a novel yet low-cost and home-grown solution to dengue control that has the…...

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Malaria Consortium placed as a GiveWell top charity

29 November 2016

Today, Malaria Consortium is delighted to be positioned as a GiveWell top recommended charity. GiveWell is a world-renowned meta-NGO that…...

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Dengue fever: falling between the cracks of the global health agenda (Politics Home)

24 November 2016

This article was originally published on Politics home. Malaria Consortium’s new report on the under-reported spread of dengue calls for…...

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Dengue fever: falling between the cracks of the global health agenda

23 November 2016

Malaria Consortium’s new report on the under-reported spread of dengue calls for greater focus and funding to tackle this growing…...

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Malaria Consortium Cambodia wins award

18 November 2016

Malaria Consortium Cambodia is delighted to have received the best e-poster discussion award for its integrated vector management for dengue…...

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Communities take good health into their own hands

17 November 2016

Maputo, 17 November 2016 – A community dialogue approach to the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis, one of a group…...

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Malaria Consortium and UNICEF to introduce new tools to improve diagnosis of pneumonia in Ethiopia

12 November 2016

On this World Pneumonia Day, Malaria Consortium is proud to announce a new project in the fight against one of…...

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Malaria Consortium presents at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th annual meeting

10 November 2016

Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th annual meeting from November 13…...

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Malaria Consortium to address the 4th Global Health System Research Symposium

10 November 2016

The fourth Global Health System Research Symposium will commence Monday with the theme ‘resilient and responsive health systems for a…...

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Malaria Consortium to moderate the Pneumonia Symposium at the ASTMH

9 November 2016

On November 15 Malaria Consortium is leading the Pneumonia Symposium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th…...

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2.8 Million bed nets to be distributed across Mozambique

3 November 2016

The implementation of a large-scale distribution of 2.8 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLIN) in northern Mozambique will be officially…...

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Using community dialogues to prevent and control NTDs

25 October 2016

A recently implemented community dialogue approach to the prevention of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Nampula, Mozambique, has improved knowledge…...

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Malaria Consortium announces Professor Marcel Tanner as Chair

18 October 2016

Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Marcel Tanner as Chair of the Board of Trustees. His…...

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Fighting back against one of the Sahel's biggest killers

7 October 2016

In this short report, Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris addresses the issue of malaria prevention in the Sahel, visiting the…...

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Malaria Consortium helps train health workers in Bangladeshi area with highest malaria transmission

5 October 2016

October 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh - “I want to thank Malaria Consortium for giving us their brains.” So said Professor Dr. A…...

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Strengthening healthcare for remote, migrant communities in Myanmar

5 October 2016

Malaria Consortium is engaging in an exciting opportunity in Myanmar to demonstrate that community-based health services can be truly effective…...

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Malaria Consortium receives new funding for mobile health system in Mozambique

27 September 2016

Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce that we have entered into a new eight month cooperative agreement worth US $1.2…...

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Community Health Workers: ACCESS-SMC's malaria prevention agents

26 September 2016

Community Health Workers (CHW) play a key role in the ACCESS-SMC campaigns, each of them administering life-saving preventive malaria treatment…...

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Help us improve access to healthcare in eastern Uganda

23 September 2016

[{dx-module-home_justgiving}] When your child is sick from a fever, vomiting or suffering from dehydration from constant diarrhoea, you need to…...

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Malaria Consortium welcomes UK’s increased Global Fund commitment

19 September 2016

Donors met at the fifth replenishment conference of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on 16-17 September…...

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Malaria Consortium to lead USAID/PMI malaria project in Uganda

6 September 2016

Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that it has been selected to implement USAID/PMI’s Uganda’s Malaria Action Program for Districts…...

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Distribution of 30 million SMC drugs underway in the Sahel

26 August 2016

As part of the 2016 ACCESS-SMC campaign, more than 30 million SMC treatments will be distributed to over six million…...

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Creating community dialogue to combat malaria

29 July 2016

Malaria is one of the most significant health threats in Ethiopia where, in spite of available preventive measures, many people…...

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School children spread the word about malaria prevention

29 July 2016

Malaria is one of the leading causes of sickness and death for children under five in Ethiopia, with the disease…...

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Solar powered mini-media kits support malaria prevention in Ethiopian communities

29 July 2016

During a recent visit to the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia, Malaria Consortium teams visited the Meja…...

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Parliamentary report acknowledges success of Malaria Consortium’s SuNMaP Nigeria programme

28 July 2016

Malaria Consortium welcomes the findings of a new report by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) into the effectiveness…...

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Photo story: bringing healthcare to under-fives in rural Mozambique

7 July 2016

Mozambique still faces major challenges in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality, despite making significant progress over the past…...

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Video series on Malaria Consortium-led project in the Sahel

4 July 2016

Malaria Consortium is the lead partner of the Achieving catalytic expansion of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel (ACCESS-SMC) project,…...

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Photo story: Innovations for dengue control in Cambodia

1 July 2016

In March 2016 Malaria Consortium Advocacy Manager Alex Hulme visited Cambodia to collect a case study of our "integrated vector…...

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Symposium on innovative malaria prevention method held in London

1 July 2016

On 9th June, Malaria Consortium ran a symposium in London entitled Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel: Seasonal malaria…...

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Radio to raise awareness about SMC campaign in Nigeria

29 June 2016

In 2015, the ACCESS-SMC project pioneered SMC delivery at scale, providing lifesaving preventive malaria treatment to 3.2 million children under…...

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Health systems strengthening critical to tackle 'seemingly endless' global health emergencies (Politics Home)

16 June 2016

This article was originally published on Politics Home. Strong health systems are critical to international efforts to tackle emerging health…...

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Success treating severe malaria in Nigeria

15 June 2016

Abuja, Nigeria – “Mortality rates in those states where we ran our severe malaria project fell from 25 to just…...

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Dengue: a silent issue and a growing problem

15 June 2016

To mark ASEAN Dengue Day, Malaria Consortium promoted a short animation called ‘Dengue: A silent issue and a growing problem’. Dengue…...

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Malaria Consortium welcomes strong support for UK aid commitment (Politics Home)

15 June 2016

This article was originally published on Politics home. Malaria Consortium welcomes the high level of support for the UK’s commitment to…...

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Major malaria prevention method can save over 10 million young children in the Sahel

9 June 2016

London, 9 June – “With the recent scale-up of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention approach, we know from research that in…...

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Supporting dengue prevention and control in Myanmar

24 May 2016

Dengue is a rapidly growing viral infection spread by the same species of mosquito as the Zika virus. Prior to…...

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VIDEO: How to defeat one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases (Politics Home)

24 May 2016

This article was originally published on Politics home. "We need a scaling up of domestic and international resources" to end malaria,…...

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Announcing the tragic loss of Dr Sylvia Meek

13 May 2016

It is with deep sorrow that we must announce the passing of Dr Sylvia Meek, Malaria Consortium’s Global Technical Director,…...

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Pneumonia Diagnostics Project shares results at dissemination meetings in Cambodia

5 May 2016

On March 15, 2016, Malaria Consortium hosted a workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to disseminate the preliminary results of our…...

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World Malaria Day around the world – in pictures

3 May 2016

This year’s World Malaria Day, held on April 25th, saw Malaria Consortium engage in a diverse range of activities in…...

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Stakeholder mobilization: Setting the scene for the next season of SMC

27 April 2016

As the 2016 SMC campaign approaches, it is essential that all stakeholders are mobilized and are involved in the process…...

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Burkina Faso: Preparing for roll out of the 2016 campaign

27 April 2016

In 2015, Burkina Faso implemented seasonal malaria chemoprevention in 11 health districts during the months of August, September, October and…...

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Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention

27 April 2016

As we prepare to embark upon the second season of SMC distribution as part of the ACCESS-SMC project, Malaria Consortium…...

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Learning from the 2015 SMC campaign to improve coverage rates in 2016

27 April 2016

Following the last SMC cycle in 2015, research groups in each of the 7 ACCESS-SMC countries undertook household surveys to…...

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SMC in the Sahel: Ending Malaria for good with context specific approaches

27 April 2016

Malaria is a major public health problem with about 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world's population, at risk…...

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Linking nutrition to the treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea

25 April 2016

In South Sudan, Malaria Consortium saves lives by preventing and treating malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition The approach Since 2009, Malaria…...

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ACCESS-SMC through the lens

25 April 2016

Have you ever wondered what a campaign to deliver over 15 million SMC treatments to over 3 million children, across…...

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Innovation key to defeating malaria

25 April 2016

London, 25 April 2016 – “Significant progress in malaria control and elimination has been made between 2000 and now, with…...

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UK’s commitment to malaria should put disease surveillance at its core (Politics Home)

25 April 2016

This article was originally published on Politics Home. As we mark World Malaria Day on the 25 April, Malaria Consortium…...

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Unprecedented net gains: the role of insecticidal treated nets in fighting malaria

22 April 2016

Extending access, and increasing use, of mosquito nets amongst those most at risk from malaria – pregnant women and children…...

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Malaria Consortium Uganda project wins communications award at African Excellence Awards

21 April 2016

Cape Town, 21 April 2015 – “We are delighted to have been chosen for the ‘Change Communication’ award. We hope…...

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Dengue fever is rising rapidly yet still neglected, says NGO (Politics Home)

7 April 2016

This article was originally published on Politics Home. Whilst cases of malaria are finally on the decline, Malaria Consortium argues a…...

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Pneumonia diagnostics dissemination workshop held in Ethiopia

18 March 2016

Malaria Consortium hosted a dissemination workshop on our pneumonia diagnostics work in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which seeks to…...

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Positive deviance approach helps reduce malaria cases in Asia

14 March 2016

Malaria Consortium has recently published a paper in Malaria Journal which describes our experiences carrying out an innovative approach to…...

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Provincial coordinators in Mozambique learn about social mobilisation for neglected tropical diseases

11 March 2016

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 17 infectious diseases that can be devastating to those they affect –…...

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Strong regional health systems are the answer to infectious disease control

9 March 2016

Bangkok, 9 March 2016 – “Every day we see evidence of the impact of infectious diseases, not only on our…...

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Community level personal protection crucial for malaria elimination in Myanmar

3 March 2016

Yangon, Myanmar - “Scaling up insecticide-treated clothing and targeting migrant and mobile populations in Myanmar is crucial. Treated clothing partly…...

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Insecticide-treated nets might still prevent malaria despite mosquito resistance

26 February 2016

Insecticide-treated mosquito nets have contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths due to malaria. In recent years, there has been…...

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Improving access to SMC medicine across the Sahel

24 February 2016

Accurate estimation of the quantity of SP+AQ, currently the recommended SMC medicine, is one of the critical supply chain management…...

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Country teams meet to share 2015 best practices and lessons learned

24 February 2016

As ACCESS-SMC countries [1] prepare for the launch of the 2016 SMC campaign, during which twice as many children will…...

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Unique Interactive Malaria Guide for the private sector in Asia

22 February 2016

Malaria Consortium, together with Montrose, has developed an interactive online malaria guide for the private sector in the Asia-Pacific region.…...

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Eight-year programme contributes to significant malaria decrease in Nigeria

18 February 2016

Abuja, 18 February 2016 - “I am inspired by the efforts of SuNMaP and its partners. There is no question…...

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Support to National Malaria Programme ends with dissemination event

17 February 2016

Abuja, 16 February 2016 - SuNMaP, the Support to National Malaria Programme, has come to an end after eight years…...

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Malaria Consortium attends first SBCC summit held in Addis Ababa

8 February 2016

Malaria Consortium is attending the first International Summit on Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) from February 8-10 in Addis…...

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WHO declares Zika virus a public health emergency

3 February 2016

The World Health Organization has declared the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin American countries a public health…...

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Malaria Consortium welcomes five-year £3 billion commitment to fight malaria

25 January 2016

London, UK - “Malaria Consortium welcomes the recommitment from the UK Government to spend £500m a year to fight malaria,”…...

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Donors urged to follow UK's lead as Osborne pledges £3 billion to fight malaria (Politics Home)

25 January 2016

This article was originally published on Politics Home. Malaria Consortium welcomes five-year £3 billion commitment to fight malaria and calls for…...

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COMDIS-HSD annual review highlights 2015 achievements

19 January 2016

COMDIS-HSD, a Research Programme Consortium (RPC), which conducts operational research to improve health service delivery for underserved populations, released its…...

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