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Milestone for Mozambique as R21 malaria vaccine rolled out in Zambézia province

In another momentous step forward for child survival against malaria, Mozambique has become the 11th country to introduce a malaria vaccine. Last week, the first phase of the R21 vaccine rollout began in 22 districts of Zambézia province.

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.

Research shows improved malaria treatment is the most cost-effective approach to improving health outcomes in children

A study published in Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including the University of Michigan, Malaria Consortium, Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and USAID has found that malaria treatment, whether a…

Community health workers are saving costs of care for the three major childhood illnesses in Mozambique and Uganda

New research from Mozambique and Uganda has shown that effectively trained community health workers (CHWs) can reduce treatment costs for malaria and pneumonia among children under five in rural areas of the countries. The finding…

Inauguration ceremony and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council

Today in Nigeria, the inauguration and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC) – a public-private partnership formed to support the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in achieving its goal of ending malar…

Access to anti-malarials must be synchronised with access to diagnostic tests to avoid malaria medicine misuse in Nigeria

The supply of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) medicines needs to be synchronised to prevent high levels of ACT misuse in Nigeria, a new study has found. Malaria Consortium researchers …

Virtual Microbiology and Infectious Disease Summit 2022 explores malaria diagnostics

Yesterday, the Virtual Microbiology and Infectious Disease Summit 2022 hosted a selection of world-leading health experts in microbiology and infectious disease, presenting on a range of cutting-edge public health topics via live …

New project to boost malaria burden reduction gains in Uganda

To build on and boost gains made in Uganda’s mission to eradicate malaria, Malaria Consortium is implementing a new project – Supporting Uganda’s Malaria Reduction and Elimination Strategy (SUMRES) – over t…

Exciting potential for increased protection against malaria for young children in combining malaria vaccine with seasonal malaria chemoprevention

A seminal paper, published on 25 August in the New England Journal of Medicine, details results from a three-year trial to test the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 E malaria vaccine in combi…

Malaria Consortium to support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to reduce malaria burden to pre-elimination by 2025

Malaria Consortium is supporting Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver malaria interventions to help the country reach its goal of reducing the malaria burden to pre-elimination levels by 2025 - equatin…

Digital health at the forefront of the community response in Mozambique amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Malaria Consortium is rapidly adapting its existing digital platform, upSCALE, to better support health workers’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. The changes include a dedicated education module, ta…

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

Malaria Consortium welcomes the findings of a new report by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) into the effectiveness of the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) programmes in…

Success treating severe malaria in Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria – “Mortality rates in those states where we ran our severe malaria project fell from 25 to just one percent. These results are, in part, due to the project and show that the use of injectable artesunate …

Supporting dengue prevention and control in Myanmar

Dengue is a rapidly growing viral infection spread by the same species of mosquito as the Zika virus. Prior to 1970, only nine countries had witnessed epidemics – now that number stands at over 100. Typically found in tropic…

Eight-year programme contributes to significant malaria decrease in Nigeria

Abuja, 18 February 2016 - “I am inspired by the efforts of SuNMaP and its partners. There is no question that SuNMaP has had a huge impact upon malaria in Nigeria.”

Dr Ngozi Azodoh, Assistant Director - MDGs and Resou…

Support to National Malaria Programme ends with dissemination event

Abuja, 16 February 2016 - SuNMaP, the Support to National Malaria Programme, has come to an end after eight years of working to improve Nigeria’s health system. Today – on the first of a two-day event in Abuja, Nigeria…

Universal health coverage: Leaving no one behind

An estimated 400 million people across the world do not have access to essential basic health services and every year, 100 million of these people fall into poverty as they struggle to pay for healthcare.

Malaria is one of the le…

World Malaria Day around the world - in pictures

World Malaria Day is an international event that brings people together from around the globe to unite in the fight against malaria. Malaria Consortium has offices in Africa and Asia which commemorate April 25th by holding a varie…

The people behind Operation Health

Operation Health – Comic Relief’s initiative to refurbish a health facility with support from Malaria Consortium – has had widespread participation from the local community in Iyolwa, eastern Uganda. Check o…

Malaria Consortium's 'Stop Malaria Project' ends with close-out event

This month marked the completion of the Stop Malaria Project, which had been running across Uganda for six years.

Funded by USAID/President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and led by Johns Hopkins University Center for Communica…

New Malaria Consortium project will expand access to iCCM services across mid-western Uganda

Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Comic Relief has awarded us a grant to run a new project in midwestern Uganda focusing on reducing deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria in children under five, as well as…

Ugandan Pioneer Project unveils achievements and charts the way forward

25 February – With 100 percent of its population at risk of malaria and 15,632 deaths from malaria occurring last year, Uganda faces many challenges. Chief among these are high malaria transmission, key health system challen…

Pioneer Project - in pictures

Malaria Consortium’s Pioneer project was a five-year initiative in Uganda that reduced the malaria burden in the country using a variety of effective methods.  Take a look at the gallery below to learn more about t…

Report calls for sustained effort to defeat NTDs

Amid signs of progress in the fight against NTDs, the UK Coalition against NTDs calls for the momentum to be sustained and investment increased

Today the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Disease (AP…

Malaria Consortium supports Comic Relief's Operation Health campaign

Malaria Consortium is delighted to be part of Comic Relief’s main fundraising campaign for Red Nose Day this year - Operation Health, involving a major renovation of a dilapidated rural clinic in Uganda.

International healt…

Scale-up of effective malaria control dramatically reduces deaths

The World Malaria Report 2014 shares the good news, but warns the fight is far from over

The World Malaria Report 2014, released today by the World Health Organization, was launched in the UK Parliament in the presence of the Duk…

Malaria Consortium at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2014

Malaria Consortium gave a number of presentations at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM 2014) and the 8th seminar on Food- and Water-borne Parasitic Zoonoses (FBPZ8) in Bangkok from December 2-4.

This year&r…

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…

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 one of the highest infant mortal…

Fake medicines and malaria

In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 207 million cases of malaria, which killed approximately 627,000 people – mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa.

The best weapon for treating malaria is…

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 a private sector market f…