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Digitalisation of mosquito net distribution shows key benefits for campaign monitoring

Digitalising insecticide-treated net distribution to improve the accuracy of data collection and allow real-time data use is yielding promising results in South Sudan and Nigeria, according to new research.

R21 malaria vaccine rollouts mark new era in global fight against malaria: Côte d'Ivoire and South Sudan lead the way

In a significant step forward in the global fight against malaria, Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan have become the first countries to administer the new R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to children at risk. These groundbreaking initiatives mark a crucial moment in efforts to combat one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Accelerating introduction of life saving vaccines for children

Today, government representatives from Chad, Guinea, Somalia and South Sudan come together to take part in a pivotal workshop, co-convened by Malaria Consortium, that will support efforts to introduce two vital vaccines, the pneum…

Thousands more children will survive by increasing access to pulse oximetry

A new study, developed and implemented by a research team from Malaria Consortium, found that handheld pulse oximeter devices can be used in routine care settings to save lives among children under five in countries with limited a…

Malaria Consortium launches rapid assessments project to help define the future of seasonal malaria chemoprevention

Malaria Consortium is conducting a new research project to carry out ‘rapid assessments’ in East and southern Africa to provide evidence on the suitability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) as a malaria prevent…

New report marks 10 years of transformational seasonal malaria chemoprevention scale up and innovation

A new report has been launched to mark 10 years of the successful implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in Africa.

The report, entitled ‘From concept to scale – Celebrating 10 years of seasonal mala…

WHO urges African countries to join forces to stop the spread of Anopheles stephensi

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new initiative in the hopes of stopping the invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, from spreading further in Africa. Through this, national malaria control programmes,…

WHO issue new guidelines on seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation – our response

On 3 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new malaria chemoprevention guidelines. While previous WHO policy recommendations provided specific guidance on how chemoprevention interventions should be implemented, th…

Malaria Consortium records highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage rates in South Sudan

Malaria Consortium has recorded the highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage rates in South Sudan in their work supporting the National Ministry of Health’s roll out of the vaccine through the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) Programme…

Malaria Consortium announces expansion of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to South Sudan

Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the expansion of its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme to include an implementation study that tests the intervention in South Sudan, marking the first time SMC will be used…

New research shows handheld pulse oximeters are suitable tools for frontline health workers in detecting severe illness in children under five in resource-poor countries

Frontline health workers who tested five different pulse oximeters to detect blood oxygen saturation in children under five at district hospitals in low resource hospitals, found that handheld oximeters are easy to use and a relia…

Malaria Consortium publishes important research on pneumonia diagnostics in Lancet journal

London, 25 June 2019 – Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of a research paper on pneumonia diagnostics in the open access eClinical Medicine journal, owned by The Lancet.

The paper is based on researc…

Pioneers in pneumonia diagnostics: Malaria Consortium experts’ peer-reviewed article published

Malaria Consortium technical specialists have contributed to a unique published peer-reviewed article on pneumonia diagnostic tool preferences from both end users and procurers.  The existing knowledge base on the views of th…

Sharing progress and lessons learnt from the pneumonia diagnostics project in South Sudan

Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five in both Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of the children who die from pneumonia do so as a result of inappropriate treatment due to misdia…

Malaria Consortium says every breath counts in its fight against pneumonia

London, 12 November 2014 - On this sixth annual World Pneumonia Day, Malaria Consortium and its partners are organising different events throughout the world to raise awareness on pneumonia, the biggest killer of children under th…

Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world's #1 infectious killer of children

Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia Press Release

On the sixth annual World Pneumonia Day, the Global…

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 by 1,700 researchers,…

South Sudan faces growing public health crisis

On the third anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, the humanitarian situation remains critical for the country and it is on the brink of famine and facing a public health crisis.

The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon&r…