420 items related to 'Case Management'
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Resources: Project brief :
inSCALE Project Brief
This is a project brief on the inSCALE Project and its aim to increase coverage of integrated community case management, which provides community-based care for diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria.
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A study of community management of pneumonia in Zambia
This project aims to provide evidence on the rational use of antibiotics at the community health worker and caregiver levels. It also intends to give an indication of the extent to which integrated…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Developing and implementing training materials for integrated community case management in South Sudan
In South Sudan, ICCM – or integrated community case management – is carried out by trained community volunteers called community drug distributors (CDDs) or community based distributors. These…
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Developing Intervention Strategies: innovations to improve community health worker motivation and performance
During the last decade child mortality has reduced significantly in a number of African countries, largely due to the scale up of appropriate management of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria, three…
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Report on work towards a village-based malaria stratification system for Cambodia
An external report on work in May and June 2012 towards building an updated national malaria stratification system for Cambodia based on observed malaria incidence.
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Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP): Context and an overview of programme achievements, experiences and lessons
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of SuNMaP’s achievements, experiences and lessons in the course of programme implementation. It highlights some of the implications of current…
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Resources: Journal article :
Finding parasites and finding challenges: improved diagnostic access and trends in reported malaria and anti-malarial drug use in Livingstone district, Zambia
Understanding the impact of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) use on management of acute febrile disease at a community level, and on the consumption of anti-malarial medicines, is critical to the…
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Case Management of Severe Malaria - A Forgotten Practice: Experiences from Health Facilities in Uganda
Severe malaria is a life-threatening medical emergency and requires prompt and effective treatment to prevent death. However, effective management of severe malaria is relatively expensive and relies…
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Focused Screening and Treatment (FSAT): A PCR-based strategy to detect malaria parasite carriers and contain drug resistant P. falciparum, Pailin, Cambodia
The study reports that Focused Screening and Treatment is a potentially useful tool to detect, treat and track clusters of asymptomatic carriers of P. falciparum, and to provide valuable…
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Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary healthcare facilities in Uganda
This study evaluated the effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on health workers' antimalarial drug prescriptions among outpatients at low-level health care facilities within different malaria…
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The cost of antibiotic mass drug administration for trachoma control in a remote area of South Sudan
To inform budgeting to scale up control of trachoma and other NTDs relying on large-scale mass drug administration, this study set out to determine the cost per person treated when antibiotics were…
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Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection
Abstract The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and life threatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. Thus, the study randomly…
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Limited ability of Plasmodium falciparum Pfcrt, Pfmdr1, and Pfnhe1 polymorphisms to predict quinine in vitro sensitivity or clinical effectiveness in Uganda
Abstract Quinine is a standard drug for treating severe malaria in Africa, and it is also increasingly used to treat uncomplicated disease. However, failures of quinine therapy are common, and it is…
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Community acceptability of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria by community health workers in Uganda
Abstract Many malarious countries plan to introduce artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) at community level using community health workers (CHWs) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Use of ACT…
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Resources: Project brief :
Nigeria SuNMaP Project Brochure
In Nigeria, Malaria Consortium and partners are working on the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP), a comprehensive project to prevent, treat, and monitor malaria and build local capacity…
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Resources: Case study :
Supporting Village Health Teams in Uganda - Catherine Nassiwa
This is a case study on Catherine Nassiwa, who uses her role as the Malaria Focal Person in Kiboga district, Uganda to coordinate activities and mobilise development partners, Village Health Team…
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Mbale Malaria Control Project
This is a project brief describing the Mbale Malaria Control Project, which aims to contribute to the reduction of deaths in children due to malaria and other severe childhood illnesses through a…
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Pioneer Project
This is a project brief on Malaria Consortium's Pioneer Project, which aims to reduce malaria related morbidity and mortality in the target areas and to gain a deeper understanding of the most…
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Resources: Case study :
Mozambique Agita and Edson visit the Community Health Worker (Agente Polivalente Elementar-APE)
This case study outlines some of Malaria Consortium's work to provide technical support in training Community Health Workers and providing disease treatment and prevention in Mozambique.
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Uganda Using Mobile Phones for ICCM
Malaria Consortium is piloting the use of mobile phone reporting systems to help beat childhood diseases in rural Uganda.