235 items related to 'Chemoprevention'
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Resources: Journal article :
Assessing supply-side barriers to uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: A qualitative study and document and record review in two regions of Uganda
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), provided as part of routine antenatal care (ANC), is one of three malaria-in-pregnancy prevention…
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ACCESS-SMC factsheet
ACCESS-SMC is a UNITAID-funded project, led by Malaria Consortium in partnership with Catholic Relief Services. The project supports National Malaria Control Programmes to scale up access to seasonal…
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Resources: Project brief :
ACCESS-SMC Fact Sheet - June 2016
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting the effective roll-out of dengue prevention and control guidelines in Myanmar
Malaria Consortium is working with the Ministry of Health in Myanmar to revise the country’s national dengue prevention and control guidelines. For the guidelines to have a positive effect on dengue…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Making the case for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective method of malaria prevention, recommended by the World Health Organization. This advocacy brief makes the case for scaling up SMC across…
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Beating malaria: mobilising support for a malaria-free future
Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a child every 30 seconds. Under the Millennium Development Goals, however, considerable progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing and treating malaria. As a…
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Relieving the burden of malaria in the Sahel
In this video we hear from community volunteers and health workers who explain the impact of malaria on the community. Mother of 3 year old Umma, Shefahatu explains what happens when the ACCESS-SMC…
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: A promising investment for the Sahel
Malaria is devastating for families and nations alike. Not only does it affect child development, it hinders economic development and acts as an enormous strain to the countries' health system. This…
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Protecting those most at risk of malaria in the Sahel
In this film, we hear from those who benefit from the ACCESS-SMC project. Zakariya explains what it is like to suffer from malaria while Salamatu, mother of eight, talks to us about the relief she…
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Bringing Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention to the Sahel
The impact of malaria is devastating in the Sahel and children under five are the most vulnerable to its effects. This video introduces the ACCESS-SMC project, illustrating the different stages of…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Malaria prevention through insecticide treated nets
Sleeping under an insecticide treated net is the most widely adopted preventive measure against malaria. It is effective because the female mosquito that transmits malaria only bites at night in most…
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Resources: Project report :
Rapid Assessment of Malaria in Pregnancy in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar
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Resources: Case study :
Support to National Malaria Programme: Stories of success
The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) project aimed to improve malaria outcomes and strengthen Nigeria’s health system, resulting in over 48,000 lives saved in 10 states. These stories…
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Resources: Training materials :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme start-up guide
This is a practical guide to planning, implementing and evaluating a sustainable seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme in northern Nigeria, targeting the Nigeria National and State Malaria…
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Resources: Presentation :
Efficacy of guppies, community engagement and pyriproxifen on dengue vectors in Cambodia: A cluster randomised trial
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy of three dengue interventions implemented over…
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Resources: Presentation :
Acceptability and protective efficacy of insecticide-treated clothing for outdoor malaria prevention among rubber tappers in Myanmar
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses the initial results of a project in Myanmar that aims to to determine rubber plantation workers'…
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Resources: Annual review :
Annual review: Highlights of the year 2014–2015
In 2014–2015, we continued our work to reduce malaria deaths and incidence by helping governments tailor, innovate, adopt and apply interventions best suited to their needs. We also supported the…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Establishing Village Health Clubs to improve community health worker motivation and performance
Malaria Consortium’s inSCALE project has been supporting the scale-up of quality integrated community case management programmes to improve child health in Uganda. This paper details the process of…
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Videos :
Introducing seasonal malaria chemoprevention
The majority of malaria related deaths worldwide occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, with children under five at greatest risk. For the 25 million children living across the Sahel, where there is a seasonal…
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SMC distributions, Boulsa, Burkina Faso
Here a Community Health Worker leads the supervision team to witness the SMC distributions in the outskirts of Boulsa.