10 Blog items related to 'AMR'
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Blog :
The private sector: A critical factor in Uganda’s response to antimalarial drug resistance
Uganda's antimalarial drug resistance strategy is gaining ground — but it largely overlooks the private sector, where the majority of malaria care actually happens.
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Blog :
How South Sudan is staying ahead of drug resistance
As resistance to antimalarial drugs spreads across East Africa, Malaria Consortium is using molecular surveillance and locally led solutions to keep South Sudan’s response one step ahead.
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Thought leadership :
It takes a village to end malaria — and behavioural science can guide it
Malaria Consortium's Chief Executive James Tibenderana shares his thoughts on the need to harness behavioural science insights to reach malaria elimination.
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Story :
Fatema's story: Shifting gender-biased norms in Bangladesh with a community dialogue approach
In Bangladesh, community engagement interventions are empowering women to address the contextual drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — the development of resistance by bacteria to commonly used…
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International Women's Day 2024: Seven ways to make health programmes gender intentional
To successfully reduce the gender equity gap in healthcare, we need to be gender intentional in our health programming. This means identifying and understanding gender inequalities, gender-based…
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Exploring equity, participation and gender sensitivity through community-led solutions to antimicrobial resistance
The increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat, driven in part by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobial drugs. Microbes change over time…
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Five ways to combat the impact of climatic changes on malaria in Ethiopia
Climatic changes are being observed across the African continent. These changes may be contributing to the spread of malaria, especially in Ethiopia where the diverse topography, varied vector…
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Blog :
Our top blogs of 2020
In a challenging year for our operations across Africa and Asia, we have looked to communicate the breadth of Malaria Consortium’s work on our blog, including the ways we've adapted our programmes in…
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Q&A :
World Pneumonia Day 2020: Q&A with Dr Kevin Baker
12th November is World Pneumonia Day. This year, it takes place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which, in addition to its own impact on global health, is having a knock-on effect on…
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What we can learn from COVID-19-led behaviour change in tackling our next greatest threat: the antimicrobial resistance crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has put behaviour change under the spotlight across the world. Every community touched by the virus has been forced to change their way of life. Where a person might have washed…