67 News items related to 'Community delivery'
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Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) and COVID-19
Protecting the world's most vulnerable people is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of life saving health services must not be interrupted however, especially at community level, if…
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Guidance document published on implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention during the COVID-19 pandemic
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of a global operational guidance document on implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the context of COVID-19. The guide, which…
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New animated film outlines the threat of malaria in pregnancy – and how to combat it
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new animated film on malaria in pregnancy. The film highlights the dangers of malaria in pregnancy, and what needs to be done to…
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention set to reach more than 30 million children for the first time
The number of children set to receive seasonal malaria chemoprevention in 2020 will exceed 30 million for the first time, according to the latest figures presented by national malaria programmes at a…
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Malaria Consortium launches ‘top-rated’ malaria prevention campaign in Africa’s Sahel
London, 30 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign has begun across three countries in the Sahel region of Africa. Over the next four months, the campaign will…
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Malaria Consortium shares new film on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh
London, 1 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium premiered its new film last week on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh. The film focuses on the use of the Community Dialogue Approach in order…
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Vote for Malaria Consortium in the 2018 Charity Film Awards
A film documenting Malaria Consortium’s iCCM-MaCS project in southern Uganda has been nominated in the Charity Film Awards. It is the latest in a line of Malaria Consortium films to be submitted to…
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Fighting antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh
Source: ARK Foundation/University of Leeds/Malaria Consortium A new project starting in Bangladesh will help combat the growing global threat of antibiotic resistance. The new study will develop,…
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Investing in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) in the fight against malaria
For people living in Ethiopia, where malaria is endemic, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are an important tool for preventing malaria. LLINs, like diagnosis and treatment for malaria in public…
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Remote, rural populations in Myanmar receive improved healthcare
Malaria Consortium announced the results from its project introducing integrated community case management (iCCM), which includes diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and…
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Community-based Primary Healthcare: the key to unlocking health for all
Community-based primary healthcare has potential for delivering health services to hard-to-reach and under-served communities, and for achieving the Global Goals on health, says a new report…
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Help us improve access to healthcare in eastern Uganda
[{dx-module-home_justgiving}] When your child is sick from a fever, vomiting or suffering from dehydration from constant diarrhoea, you need to seek urgent medical help. If you live in a rural area…
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Creating community dialogue to combat malaria
Malaria is one of the most significant health threats in Ethiopia where, in spite of available preventive measures, many people remain unsure of the ways to protect themselves from the threat of this…
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School children spread the word about malaria prevention
Malaria is one of the leading causes of sickness and death for children under five in Ethiopia, with the disease particularly prevalent in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region…
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Photo story: bringing healthcare to under-fives in rural Mozambique
Mozambique still faces major challenges in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality, despite making significant progress over the past decade. Because so many children live beyond the…
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Symposium on innovative malaria prevention method held in London
On 9th June, Malaria Consortium ran a symposium in London entitled Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention. In the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa, the…
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Pneumonia Diagnostics Project shares results at dissemination meetings in Cambodia
On March 15, 2016, Malaria Consortium hosted a workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to disseminate the preliminary results of our multi-country pneumonia diagnostics research project. The research aims…
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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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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…