713 items related to 'Community delivery'
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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: Newsletter :
ACCESS-SMC newsletter
As we prepare for the second season of seasonal malaria chemoprevention distribution, Malaria Consortium will hold the first ACCESS-SMC symposium 'Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel:…
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Linking nutrition to the treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea
In South Sudan, Malaria Consortium saves lives by preventing and treating malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition The approach Since 2009, Malaria Consortium has been implementing a…
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completedProgramme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) 2016
Since 2011, we have been engaged in a Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) with the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) for £2.67 million per year until March 2016.…
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Have you heard of schistosomiasis? Knowledge, attitudes and practices in Nampula province, Mozambique
Background Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease which affects almost 300 million people worldwide each year. It is highly endemic in Mozambique. Prevention and control of schistosomiasis relies…
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Assessing the quality of care for pneumonia in integrated community case management: A cross-sectional mixed methods study
Background Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children under five worldwide. Community-level interventions, such as integrated community case management, have great potential…
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Community level understanding of the concept of pre-referral treatment and impact on referral-related decision-making following provision of rectal artesunate. A qualitative study in Western Uganda
Since 2009 Malaria Consortium has been supporting the Uganda Ministry of Health in the implementationof integrated Community Case Management (iCCM). Pre-referral treatment has formed an integral part…
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Can integrated community management of childhood diseases improve care in the context of rapid urbanisation?
According to World Health Organization (WHO) figures, 5.9 million children under the age of five died in 2015 – that is 16,000 every day. Africa continues to be the most affected continent and many…
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Positive deviance approach helps reduce malaria cases in Asia
Malaria Consortium has recently published a paper in Malaria Journal which describes our experiences carrying out an innovative approach to malaria control in Cambodia. Originally used to improve…
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Provincial coordinators in Mozambique learn about social mobilisation for neglected tropical diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 17 infectious diseases that can be devastating to those they affect – mainly people in poor and remote communities with limited access to healthcare.…
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The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: evaluating devices for accuracy
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five in both Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of the children who die from pneumonia do so as a result of…
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Resources: Journal article :
Positive deviance as a novel tool in malaria control and elimination: methodology, qualitative assessment and future potential
Background Positive deviance (PD) is an asset-based, community-driven approach to behaviour change that has successfully been applied to address many health and social problems. It is yet to have…
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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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COMDIS-HSD annual review highlights 2015 achievements
COMDIS-HSD, a Research Programme Consortium (RPC), which conducts operational research to improve health service delivery for underserved populations, released its annual review today. The review…
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Universal health coverage: Leaving no one behind
An estimated 400 million people across the world do not have access to essential basic health services and every year, 100 million of these people fall into poverty as they struggle to pay for…
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Health for all: putting the last mile first
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that every person, everywhere, has access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship. As we celebrate universal health coverage day and…
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Filling the gap with community health workers
There is a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers worldwide – and this is set to rise to 12.9 million by 2035. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are a sustainable and effective way to fill this…
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VIDEO: Filling the gap with community health workers (Politics Home)
This article was originally published on Politics home. What is the role of policy makers in filling the global healthcare shortage? There is a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers…
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Malaria Consortium presents at the 2015 Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting
Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 (JITMM 2015) from December 2-4. The annual conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, brings together…