501 Publications items related to 'Community delivery'
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Evaluation of integrated community case management in eight districts of central Uganda
Objective Evidence is limited on whether Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) improves treatment coverage of the top causes of childhood mortality (acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), diarrhoea…
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Estimating the cost of referral and willingness to pay for referral to higher-level health facilities: a case series study from an integrated community case management programme in Uganda
Background Integrated community case management relies on community health workers managing children with malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and referring children when management is not possible. This…
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Resources: Project report :
Making connections: The Mbale malaria control project strengthens links between communities and health systems to reduce child deaths
This report showcases the impact of our Mbale malaria control project through the voices of implementers and beneficiaries. The project ran between 2011 and 2015, and aimed to contribute to the…
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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.
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Resources: Journal article :
Potential roles of mhealth for community health workers: Formative research with end users in Uganda and Mozambique
Background Community health workers are reemerging as an essential component of health systems in low-income countries. However, there are concerns that unless they are adequately supported, their…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated community-based interventions for malaria services
The Integrated Community-based Interventions for Malaria Services project aims to bridge the gaps in community-level health service delivery in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples'…
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Resources: Project brief :
Village malaria worker project: Prevention and control of malaria
This project aims to improve the malaria implementation programme in western Cambodia — a key location for managing resistant malaria parasites — and to strengthen the community health network in 68…
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Malaria and the mobile and migrant population in Cambodia: A population movement framework to inform strategies for malaria control and elimination
Background The relationships between human population movement (HPM) and health are a concern at global level. In the case of malaria, those links are crucial in relation to the spread of drug…
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Changing behaviour through drama
The Mbale Malaria Control Project was a three year project launched in March 2012 that was focused on reducing deaths from and the incidence of severe childhood malaria. The project achieved this by…
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Evaluating the effect of innovative motivation and supervision approaches on community health worker performance and retention in Uganda and Mozambique: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Background If trained, equipped and utilised, community health workers (CHWs) delivering integrated community case management for sick children can potentially reduce child deaths by 60%. However, it…
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Using theory and formative research to design interventions to improve community health worker motivation, retention and performance in Mozambique and Uganda
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being used in low-income countries to address human resources shortages, yet there remain few effective, evidence-based strategies for…
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Resources: Learning brief :
‘The health shop’: Applying integrated marketing communication to generate demand for malaria testing in the private and public sectors
This brief presents lessons learnt when using an integrated marketing communication (IMC) approach to increase demand for and uptake of artemisinin-based combination therapies and malaria rapid…
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Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda: Pilot intervention
This project aims to increase the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda. Based on formative research, a pilot…
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Resources: Poster :
Improving uptake of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Uganda through a multipronged communication approach
This poster was presented at the 14th World Congress on Public Health in February 2015 and describes Malaria Consortium's multifaceted communications approach used when introducing malaria rapid…
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Resources: Infographic :
Schistosomiasis: Knowledge, attitudes and practices in Nampula province, Mozambique
This infographic visualises people's knowledge and perceptions of schistosomiasis — a neglected tropical disease that is highly endemic in Nampula province in Mozambique. It demonstrates the need to…
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A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example
This article co-authored by Malaria Consortium staff is published by the Journal of Global Health in a Decemeber 2014 special supplement on current scientific evidence and future directions for…
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Demand generation and social mobilisation for integrated community case management (iCCM) and child health: Lessons learned from successful programmes in Niger and Mozambique
Aim We present the approaches used in and outcomes resulting from integrated community case management (iCCM) programmes in Niger and Mozambique with a strong focus on demand generation and social…
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Routine monitoring systems for integrated community case management programs: Lessons from 18 countries in sub–Saharan Africa
Abstract Integrated community case management (iCCM) programs are expanding rapidly in many low– and middle–income countries, particularly in sub–Saharan Africa. Conclusions from the recent review of…
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Multi–country analysis of routine data from integrated community case management (iCCM) programs in sub–Saharan Africa
Aim To identify better performing iCCM programs in sub–Saharan Africa (SSA) and identify factors associated with better performance using routine data. Methods We examined 15 evaluations or studies…
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Resources: Journal article :
Setting global research priorities for integrated community case management (iCCM): Results from a CHNRI (Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative) exercise
Aims To systematically identify global research gaps and resource priorities for integrated community case management (iCCM). Methods An iCCM Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI)…