420 items related to 'Case Management'
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Resources: Research brief :
Improving access to treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria
With training and supportive supervision, low-literate community health workers were mostly able to identify and treat cases of acute malnutrition in under-fives.
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completedScaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact
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Resources: Newsletter :
Our February 2019 newsletter
This newsletter marks the launch of several new publications and the launch of a new video on the community dialogue approach.
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Resources: Research brief :
Scalable interventions to increase community health worker motivation and performance: Randomised controlled trials in Mozambique and Uganda
When properly trained and equipped, community health workers (CHWs) in Africa have the potential to reduce child deaths from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea by up to 60 percent through delivering…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Preventing malaria among internally displaced people: Adapting and responding to save lives
This brief outlines recommendations for the inclusion of internally displaced people in national malaria strategic planning activities.
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Videos :
Fighting malnutrition in rural Nigeria
Since 2013, Malaria Consortium has been training community oriented resource persons (CORP) to diagnose and treat common illnesses in children under five years including the main killers - pneumonia,…
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Resources: Infographic :
Studying the acceptability of an automated pneumonia diagnostic device in Ethiopia
This infographic visualises the results from the Children's Automated Respiration Monitor study in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Project brief :
Transform: Primary Health Care
In Ethiopia, through the Transform: Primary Health Care project, we supported government efforts to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths.
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Resources: Journal article :
Comparative efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ugandan children
In Uganda, artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ) showed excellent treatment efficacy for uncomplicated malaria in prior trials. Because resistance to artemisinins…
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Resources: Case study :
ChARM data collection: Aslefech Demeke's story
Aslefech Demeke, from Shafina Health Post, took part in the Children's Automated Respiration Monitor study near her home. Read her story.
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Resources: Journal article :
Management and Follow-up Practices of Children with Unclassified Fever in Rural Ethiopia: Experiences of Health Extension Workers and Caregivers
Different health-care management guidelines by the World Health Organization exist to help health workers in resource-limited settings treat patients. However, for children with unclassified fever…
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Resources: Research brief :
Strengthening primary healthcare for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than a billion people in tropical and subtropical conditions. NTDs are 20 diverse diseases of poverty and have historically received less global…
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Resources: Learning brief :
iCCM in Myanmar: Lessons from Sagaing region
From June 2016 to June 2017, Malaria Consortium implemented a pilot project that integrated and scaled up Myanmar's two community case management components to ensure the health system has the…
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria
We support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver interventions that are designed to develop capacity around reporting and case management.
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Resources: Presentation :
A qualitative assessment of community health committees' participation, with and without community dialogues
In an effort to reduce child mortality, countries are increasingly adopting the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy for childhood illnesses. For iCCM to be successful, community…
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Resources: Poster :
Expanding the health system into the forest: Analysis of and response to the challenge of providing malaria services inside forest areas within the Greater Mekong Subregion in the context of malaria elimination
Malaria incidence in Cambodia is decreasing and transmission is increasingly confined to forest areas. However, nearly all prevention and treatment funds are being invested in villages far from…
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Resources: Poster :
Using the collaborative quality improvement approach to increase adherence to the test, treat, and track malaria case management framework: Experiences from 10 health facilities in Uganda
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. In an effort to reduce the country’s malaria burden, the Ministry of Health incorporated a number of World Health Organization…
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Resources: Project brief :
RISE for Nutrition
Malnutrition is a major public health concern in Nigeria and a contributing factor to nearly half of all child deaths in the country. The impact of malnutrition is exacerbated in Niger state, the…
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Resources: Poster :
Community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children in Nigeria
Current recommendations advise community health workers to refer cases of chest indrawing pneumonia to health facilities for treatment, but many children die due to delays or non-compliance with…
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Resources: Poster :
Can community health workers in Ethiopia correctly assess under-fives for symptoms of pneumonia using a new respiratory rate diagnostic aid?
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aid (ARIDA) acceptability study aims to understand if health extension workers in Ethiopia can correctly adhere to integrated community case management…