Staff from the Mundubi Rural Health Centre, which is located in one of the study districts for Malaria Consortium’s research on case management of pneumonia. The study, which was carried out in Zambia, explored the rational use of antibiotics at community level by community health workers (CHW) and caregivers, for treatment of pneumonia.

A community health worker trained in integrated community case management (iCCM) measures the respiratory rate of a sick child. Malaria Consortium has been conducting a study to compare iCCM in both rural and peri-urban settings in Uganda. 

A pregnant woman receives intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) at a health facility in Uganda as part of her antenatal care. Malaria Consortium has been conducting research to determine which barriers are holding back the uptake of IPTp in Uganda.

Participants gather for a community dialogue session in Mozambique. Malaria Consortium’s COMDIS-HSD project seeks to examine the community dialogues approach as a method of improving knowledge and practices for the prevention and control of schistosomiasis.