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Uncovering Asian tropical medicine - JITMM 2016
By Kyaw Thura Tun The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2016 (JITMM) took place this December with the theme ‘Uncover Asian tropical medicine’. The event was a great success, attracting…
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Meet the recipients of Mozambique's largest ever mosquito net distribution
By Dorca Nhaca On 3rd November 2016 the Ministry of Health, Mozambique, launched the largest ever distribution of mosquito nets. In total over 13 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLIN)…
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Exciting times for new pneumonia diagnostic tools
This year’s ASTMH saw a number of key sessions and presentations that highlighted the exciting work being done to evaluate the performance of new pneumonia diagnostic aids at the community…
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Using community dialogues to prevent and control NTDs
By Eder Ismael Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) constitute a serious obstacle to socio-economic development, quality of life and reducing poverty. In Mozambique, NTD rates are extremely high; the…
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Malaria Consortium in Nigeria: reflections from a new Trustee
My name is Mark Clark and I recently joined the Board of Trustees of Malaria Consortium. My interest in tropical diseases stretches back to a formative summer placement in the early 1980s as a…
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MC in the news: Dengue
Last week Malaria Consortium Myanmar was in the news with a story about dengue. We worked with Oliver Slow, a journalist to talk about our work and the dengue situation in the country. The story…
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Dr Sylvia Meek’s contribution to malaria elimination in Asia
It is with deep sorrow that Malaria Consortium must announce the passing of Dr Sylvia Meek, Malaria Consortium’s Global Technical Director, on 11th May 2016, after an 18-month battle with…
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Meet the members of a community health committee in Inhambane Province of Mozambique
Felismina lives in Inharrime, a region in southern Mozambique. She has been a member of her community’s health committee since 2013. “The committee meets twice a month: once with the whole community,…
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World Malaria Day in Bangladesh
In late April 2016, I spent World Malaria Day in Bangladesh after being invited by the Director of Communicable Disease Control, Dr Shamsuzzaman of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.…
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Dressing for malaria: testing insecticide treated clothing
According to the recent World Malaria Report 2015, around 234 million people are at high risk of malaria in Southeast Asia. The region accounted for 10 percent of global malaria cases and seven…
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Targeting mosquito larvae through Integrated Vector Management
Malaria Consortium is piloting a project on integrated vector management to assess the effectiveness of various control strategies to prevent the transmission of dengue. The study is being conducted…
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Preventing malaria transmission through the cross border surveillance
At the international border checkpoints between Cambodia and Laos, Stung Treng Province, a green booth with various messages inviting people to participate in the malaria surveillance and…
