118 items related to 'COVID-19'
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How COVID-19 has affected SMC supply chains
During last year's seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign, we outlined some of the steps that go into getting millions of doses of preventive treatment to millions of children across the…
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Supporting healthcare workers in Uganda to respond to COVID-19 and beyond
Malaria Consortium, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, is developing the capacity of 33,000 frontline healthcare workers across 40 districts in Uganda to identify and safely treat cases of…
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Celebrating success – LLIN distribution in South Sudan during COVID-19
Working with the South Sudan National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) and Population Services International (PSI), Malaria Consortium recently completed a successful long-lasting insecticidal net…
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Supporting frontline health workers in Uganda: Strengthening capacity during COVID-19 and beyond
With Mastercard Foundation, we are developing the capacity of frontline health workers to tackle COVID-19 while providing community case management services.
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In conversation with Janice Apilado, Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance Secretariat (APLMA) / Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN)
In the first of our In Conversation with series, we spoke to Janice Apilado, Communications Manager at APLMA/APMEN. The series aims to engage with a range of global health professionals on how the…
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12 million children set to receive life-saving seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Malaria Consortium is ensuring that around 12 million children under five will receive life-saving protection from malaria despite the COVID-19 pandemic as it prepares to deliver its seasonal malaria…
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Digital health at the forefront of the community response in Mozambique amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Malaria Consortium is rapidly adapting its existing digital platform, upSCALE, to better support health workers’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. The changes include a…
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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on malaria and other infectious diseases in Uganda: Understanding comorbidities
This project seeks to understand the burden of malaria, but also of TB and HIV/AIDS, among patients with COVID-19 to assess the potential interactions.
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Supporting community health workers in Mozambique to respond to COVID-19: Adapting the upSCALE digital platform
We made technological adaptations to Mozambique's existing upSCALE digital platform to support health workers' ability to respond to the pandemic.
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Innovating and adapting during COVID-19
By some accounts, we may currently be living through a once-in-a-century pandemic. Whether or not this turns out to be true, the sheer scale of the global response attests to these being…
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Insights from a remote scoping and validation exercise: digitalising seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Malaria Consortium is working with Akros and the Reveal platform to digitalise SMC (Photo credit: Akros) Since 2013, Malaria Consortium has led the distribution of seasonal malaria chemoprevention…
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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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SURMa project distributes more than 1,000 bicycles to health workers in Uganda during COVID-19 pandemic
More than 1,000 bicycles are being given out free of charge to Village Health Team (VHT) coordinators in Uganda as part of Malaria Consortium’s Strengthening Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURMa)…
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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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Resources: Guidance :
Adapting seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the context of COVID-19: operational guidance
This document provides operational guidance for countries to safely implement SMC in areas where COVID-19 transmission is reported.
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Keeping SMC beneficiaries and distributors safe during COVID-19
The distribution of drugs for seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an essential health service for the prevention of malaria. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are working to adapt our plans…
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Our statement on COVID-19 and SMC
This is a previous statement related to Malaria Consortium's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our latest statement on COVID-19 and SMC. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an essential…
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Malaria Consortium and COVID-19
Protecting the vulnerable Along with governments and global health organisations the world over, Malaria Consortium is committed to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. It is our mission to protect the…