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Blog :Mobilising the younger generation in disease response
An estimated nine-tenths of people aged between 10 and 24 worldwide are living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and 60 percent of the population in Africa is under the age of 25. However,…
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Blog :The G7 health priorities must not overlook health inequalities and malaria burden
Last weekend, the G7 leaders met in Cornwall to discuss, amongst other priorities, how to ‘build back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic. A landmark global health agreement was reached between the…
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Blog :How to address the urgent need to tackle arboviruses: A global perspective
Around 130 countries are affected by arbovirus diseases, cases are increasing rapidly across these countries and appearing in countries previously unaffected. An estimated 100-400 million people are…
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Photo story :Photo story: Improving neglected tropical disease (NTD) services in Ethiopia
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than one billion people worldwide, disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable and marginalised communities. Ethiopia has one of the highest NTD…
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Blog :Our research strategy for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Malaria Consortium is launching a new seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) research strategy. As a leading implementer of SMC, we strive to use research evidence to improve programme performance…
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Q&A :Data and surveillance for malaria in Nigeria: Q&A with Oluwatosin Ajibade
Strengthening surveillance and improving the sharing of disease-related intelligence helps empower decision-makers to make informed and timely choices around interventions. This issue has been…
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Blog :Smart diagnostics: The stepping stone in the pathway to malaria elimination
Advances in technology have made malaria both preventable and treatable, yet over 400,000 people died from the disease in 2019, two-thirds of them children under the age of five and more than 90…
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Blog :Solar-charged solutions: Improving digital tools for community health workers in Mozambique
In 2016, we worked closely with the Ministry of Health in Mozambique and UNICEF to bridge the gap in community healthcare, developing the upSCALE mHealth app to assist community health workers, known…
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Q&A :Surveillance and response is the bedrock of resilient health systems: Q&A with Arantxa Roca-Feltrer
Disease surveillance has not typically made headlines or secured high billing on priority global health agendas but, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, phrases like ‘track and treat’ have crept into…
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Blog :Malaria Consortium and COVID-19: Prioritising public health
We have lived with the reality of COVID-19 as a global pandemic for over 12 months and it has been a year of intense public health efforts. As Malaria Consortium remains committed to disease burden…
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Blog :Seasonal malaria chemoprevention and COVID-19: One year on
2020 was the most difficult year in living memory. Echoing the call of the World Health Organization (WHO), Malaria Consortium supported arguments for malaria programmes to be maintained as essential…
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One woman's impact in the fight against malaria
Twinomugisa is a primary school teacher in Hoima district. She and her family struggled for many years with an ongoing cycle of malaria infection that would prevent her from going to work and impact…
