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UK White Paper on International Development: Can it turn the tide on slipping global health targets?
- The unveiling of the UK Government's new White Paper on International Development at the end of last year was much anticipated.
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Blog :Top reads of 2023
In 2023, alongside continuing our work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to health services and find solutions to improve health and…
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A universal approach to health: Q&A with Dr George Upenytho, Uganda's Commissioner of Community Health
According to the World Health Organization, at least 400 million people still lack access to one or more essential health services. Universal health coverage (UHC) is a goal adopted by the United…
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How can we leverage social and behaviour change to make malaria history?
As the team from Malaria Consortium interacted with over 130 delegates at the 2023 RBM Partnership to End Malaria Social and Behaviour Change Working Group meeting in Abidjan under the topic…
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Mairo's mission to save lives: The matron improving outcomes for children with severe malaria
Photos by David Dawali Exodus This is Mairo, a matron at a hospital in Kano state, in northern Nigeria. She stands in the middle of the ward where is she is responsible, alongside a team of nurses,…
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Blog :Artificial intelligence among innovations supporting improved pneumonia diagnosis
Research has a huge role to play in finding innovative ways to defeat pneumonia, the world's leading infectious cause of death in children. Despite being preventable and treatable, pneumonia is…
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ASTMH Annual Meeting pinpoints research gaps to advance global health
In October 2023, Malaria Consortium participated in the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASMTH) in Chicago, USA. The conference brought together…
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Showcasing our SMC research at the ASTMH Annual Meeting 2023
This year, Malaria Consortium proudly marks its 20th anniversary. Since its inception in 2003, our organisation has collaborated with governments and partners across Africa and Asia focusing on…
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Genetic interventions to combat obstinate mosquito-borne scourges
This piece was written for Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research and republished here, authored by Leo Braack, Co-Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group; Senior Vector Control Specialist from…
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Photo story :Photo story: Universal net coverage is saving lives in South Sudan
Adut is a mother of four children (soon to be five) from South Sudan. Every year, her local community suffers the effects of malaria, with lives lost to this preventable and treatable disease.
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Distributing antimalarial medicines to 25 million children: The supply chain step-by-step
Author's note: This blog is an update from the original article published in 2019. Since then, Malaria Consortium's SMC activities have grown from targeting six million children to 25 million…
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Child survival: African governments must show leadership
What defines good leadership in the context of African health programmes? Is it economic power, the ability to govern or provide oversight, or the determination to follow a plan and take…
