66 Blog items related to 'Community delivery'
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Photo story: Eliminating malaria in Cambodia
Cambodia has achieved significant levels of malaria reduction but local, mobile and migrant populations in rural areas still lack access to malaria services. Through the Regional Artemisinin…
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Key takeaways from Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs
This week, Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, was bustling – even more so than usual. There was a steady stream of shuttle buses making their way through Central Kigali, darting between the many venues…
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Photo story: Net distribution campaign addresses urgent need in flood-affected areas of Jonglei state, South Sudan
Malaria Consortium conducts high-quality implementation and operational research to provide evidence on country specific as well as globally significant innovative social behaviour change (SBC)…
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International Women's Day 2022
Diseases expose health inequalities, particularly across parts of Africa and Asia where women, girls and young children are disproportionately affected by diseases like malaria. Often, women and…
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Mobile malaria workers on the muddy pathway to malaria elimination in Cambodia
Heavy rain has been pouring down, non-stop, since the early morning. It’s one of those days during the monsoon season where we know our mobile malaria workers (MMWs) and the Malaria Consortium teams…
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Snapshot of 2021
The past year has dealt us a paradoxical mix of highs and lows. After decades of research and investment, the world rejoiced at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation that the…
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Our top five publications of 2021
In 2021, we produced a record 79 non-peer-reviewed publications that reflect Malaria Consortium’s impressive and varied portfolio of work. We have not only been able to grow our translated content –…
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Taking seasonal malaria chemoprevention to new geographies: Promising findings from Uganda and Mozambique
In a recent webinar, Malaria Consortium and the leaders of the national malaria control programmes in Uganda and Mozambique presented the latest implementation research from both countries exploring…
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SMC: From adapting to COVID-19 to looking to the future at the ASTMH Annual Meeting 2021
As the global health community comes together virtually for this year’s American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting, it represents a key moment of reflection for Malaria…
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Overcoming hesitancy to health initiatives: SMC success story
In 2020, Malaria Consortium began a phased implementation study to assess the feasibility, acceptability and protective effect of SMC in Nampula province, in the north of Mozambique. Working in…
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Community engagement crucial to success of SMC campaign in Mozambique
In 2020, Malaria Consortium began a phased implementation study to assess the feasibility, acceptability and protective effect of SMC in Nampula province, in the north of Mozambique. Working in…
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Malaria Consortium's recommendations for the Global Fund 2023 strategy
The recently published Global Fund Results Report highlights the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria in 2020. HIV and TB treatments and services…
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Building a strong malaria surveillance system in Mozambique
Over the last decade, Mozambique has intensified its malaria control and elimination activities. To reach a malaria-free future, Mozambique can now build on data-driven interventions to combat…
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Photo story: SMC beyond the Sahel: Protecting children from malaria in Uganda
Malaria Consortium is supporting Uganda’s National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) to implement a pilot project assessing the feasibility, acceptability and impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention…
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Mobilising the younger generation in disease response
An estimated nine-tenths of people aged between 10 and 24 worldwide are living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and 60 percent of the population in Africa is under the age of 25. However,…
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How to address the urgent need to tackle arboviruses: A global perspective
Around 130 countries are affected by arbovirus diseases, cases are increasing rapidly across these countries and appearing in countries previously unaffected. An estimated 100-400 million people are…
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Solar-charged solutions: Improving digital tools for community health workers in Mozambique
In 2016, we worked closely with the Ministry of Health in Mozambique and UNICEF to bridge the gap in community healthcare, developing the upSCALE mHealth app to assist community health workers, known…
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Surveillance and response is the bedrock of resilient health systems: Q&A with Arantxa Roca-Feltrer
Disease surveillance has not typically made headlines or secured high billing on priority global health agendas but, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, phrases like ‘track and treat’ have crept into…
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World Pneumonia Day 2020: Q&A with Dr Kevin Baker
12th November is World Pneumonia Day. This year, it takes place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which, in addition to its own impact on global health, is having a knock-on effect on…
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Strong partnerships make for successful programmes
In conversation with Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) We spoke with Dr Audu Bala Mohammed, National Coordinator of Nigeria’s NMEP and his team to hear how the partnership with…