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Leadership makes the difference in defeating malaria
Story collected by Dorca Nhaca and edited by Fernando Bambo in November 2017 Nacala-Porto, on the northern coast of Mozambique, is the deepest natural harbour on the east coast of Africa. It serves…
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Children who learn about malaria contribute to disease control in their communities
Story collected by Dorca Nhaca and edited by Fernando Bambo in November 2017 Fátima Mário, 12 years old, Dinala Muhamudo Aid, 18 years old, Cristina Muanhar, 18 years old, and Carlitos Gabriel…
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Saving lives and transforming communities in rural Nigeria
Originally published on Medium Lessons from the field In the village of Njediko in Nigeria, Kadigiti Mohammad gently calms her young son, who has a high fever. Her son is being seen by the…
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Expert Q&A: Innovations and challenges in malaria surveillance
Monitoring, evaluation and surveillance techniques are central to Malaria Consortium’s work to improve overall performance and maximise the delivery of disease control interventions. Malaria…
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The time to invest is now: fighting malaria in the Sahel
Children in sub-Saharan Africa are 14 times more likely to die before the age of five than those living elsewhere in the world. Preventable and treatable diseases, such as malaria, claim hundreds of…
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ACCESS-SMC: Smoothing the road to the prevention of malaria
ACCESS-SMC is a three-year UNITAID-funded project, led by Malaria Consortium in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, which is supporting National Malaria Control Programs to scale up access to…
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Trained volunteers improve their communities’ health service in rural Myanmar
During a one-year pilot project in Myanmar’s western Sagaing region, malaria volunteers from 90 selected communities received continuous training on how to diagnose and treat three of the top child…
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Delivering nets at the last mile: success through promoting a culture of net use
In February and March 2017, USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts distributed one million long-lasting insecticidal nets to 1,978,114 people in three districts in Uganda. A focus on promoting…
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Nigerian retail mosquito net market grows thanks to UK Aid
When Malaria Consortium started activities in Nigeria through the UK aid-funded Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) in 2008, one of this programme’s key activities focused on expanding the…
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Chimbonila: A district committed to fighting malaria
The district of Chimbonila in Niassa province has a high malaria burden, which can be difficult to manage for a number of reasons. The district itself is very large. It is located about 30 km from…
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Two experts discuss how to defeat dengue in the Asia Pacific region
This interview was originally published on Break Dengue. What is dengue and how does it spread? Sergio Lopes, Malaria Consortium Cambodia Country Technical Coordinator: Dengue is a disease caused…
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Expert Q&A: No one size fits all in the pursuit of the best pneumonia diagnostic aids
Malaria Consortium Senior Project Officer, Charlotte Ward, speaks about pneumonia as a global priority issue, how we are attempting to tackle the disease and explore the future of diagnostic…
