713 items related to 'Community delivery'
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Meetings in Geneva seek to address challenges in the detection of the symptoms of pneumonia
Recently, Malaria Consortium hosted a series of meetings in Geneva, bringing together global experts in child health, community case management, and diagnostics. During the meetings, the experts…
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Resources: Case study :
Drug redistribution in Uganda
This case study describes the challenge of drug redistribution in Uganda, where many districts are facing the problem of drugs expiring on the shelves. Sharing their experiences are village health…
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Improving pneumonia diagnostics through the use of counting beads
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. Every year it kills an estimated 1.2 million young children, accounting for approximately 18 percent of all deaths in this age group –…
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Getting research evidence into health policy and practice - let's talk
With the support of many health-related journal editors, BioMed Central hosted the inaugural ‘Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice’ conference in London from 1-3 July, bringing together…
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Resources: Poster :
Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers and caregivers in Zambia
This poster provides evidence on the rational use of antibiotics to treat pneumonia, with the aim to inform future implementation of integrated community case management and safeguard the…
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South Sudan faces growing public health crisis
On the third anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, the humanitarian situation remains critical for the country and it is on the brink of famine and facing a public health crisis. The UN…
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Resources: Project report :
InScale reports and documentation
This database offers reports, analysis and research outcomes along with other related documentation on the inSCALE project.
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Resources: Learning brief :
Community dialogues for child health: Results from a process evaluation in three countries
Community dialogues are a powerful approach to make health promotion activities more participatory and effective in addressing social norms around childcare practices. This brief discusses community…
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Resources: Project brief :
Community dialogues for prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases
This Project Brief describes a study that aims to assess the effectiveness of the community dialogues approach in enhancing community participation and improving knowledge and practices for the…
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Resources: Presentation :
Process evaluation of a mHealth intervention in Uganda - CHW Supervision, Motivation, and Performance
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Resources: Presentation :
Designing sustainable and scalable mHealth interventions to improve community health worker motivation and retention in Uganda and Mozambique: the use of formative research
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Resources: Presentation :
Developing and implementing interventions to improve community health worker motivation and performance
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Resources: Technical brief :
Improving access to quality care in Uganda
This Briefing Note describes a baseline and an endline survey conducted by Malaria Consortium to measure the impact of iCCM on improving health seeking behaviour and access to treatment for children…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Integrating mRDTs into the health system in Uganda: Preparing health workers for routine use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) changed its guidelines to state that all suspected malaria cases should be tested for the presence of malaria parasites by microscopy or malaria rapid…
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Resources: Technical brief :
Neglected tropical diseases: A holistic vision for disease elimination
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over 1.4 billion people worldwide and cause half a million deaths each year. They also cause chronic disability, stigma and ill health, disproportionally…
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Resources: Project brief :
Fostering a culture of malaria control in Uganda
This project brief describes a Malaria Consortium project in Tororo district, Uganda, which aims to reduce malaria mortality and morbidity by fostering a culture of malaria control at community and…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Implementing integrated community case management: stakeholder experiences and lessons learned in three African countries
Malaria Consortium’s involvement in iCCM has spanned inputs to facilitate policy development, project design, implementation from start-up phase; ongoing support to the public health system in…
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Resources: Learning paper :
It’s all in the detail: developing effective health-related job aids
Malaria Consortium has had extensive experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of job aids. An integral part of our work is to strengthen capacity and improve the…
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Resources: Presentation :
Malaria Consortium at 10: Linking the community to health systems
Malaria Consortium was founded in 2003 by a small team of people with a vision - to build the capacity of malaria-endemic countries worldwide to deal with a common and treatable disease that was…
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium 2003-2013: a decade in communicable disease control and child health
Malaria Consortium was founded in 2003 by a small team of people with a vision - to build the capacity of malaria-endemic countries worldwide to deal with a common and treatable disease that was…