47 Blog items related to 'COVID-19'
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The five-year anniversary of a global pandemic: How Malaria Consortium weathered the storm
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic was first declared, we reflected as an organisation on the biggest lessons of this challenging time.
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UK urged to address global health inequity exacerbated by COVID-19
The UK Government has historically played a leading role in its commitment to reducing the global burden of disease and strengthening health systems to provide equitable access to healthcare.…
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Our third year as an Independent Research Organisation: Using research to respond to health inequities and emerging threats
According to the World Health Organization’s State of Inequality: HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2021), diseases including malaria continue to take a disproportionally large toll on marginalised…
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Top reads of 2023
In 2023, alongside continuing our work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to health services and find solutions to improve health and…
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Investing in research: Moving the dial for effective, equitable healthcare
Globally, countries in Africa and Asia face the world's highest mortality rates attributable to diseases including malaria, dengue and pneumonia. Research plays a critical role in improving health…
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Photo story: Research explores potential risk of contracting malaria and developing long-term complications following COVID-19 infection
In selected hospitals and COVID-19 treatment centres in Ethiopia and Uganda, teams of physicians, lab technicians, data managers and study coordinators, are working on an innovative research project,…
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Top reads of 2022
2022 was a busy year at Malaria Consortium! Thanks to our supporters, we were able to work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to…
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ASTMH 2022: Transforming health through innovation
In the third and final instalment of our ASTMH blog series, we explore the need to prioritise innovation in public health programming to optimise the impact of interventions and help ensure more…
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Vaccine hesitancy: a key consideration for successful uptake of malaria vaccine
Whilst the COVID-19 vaccine was developed in an unprecedented timeframe, it has taken combined efforts, spanning 30 years, for a malaria vaccine to reach the potential for wide-scale distribution. In…
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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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The 6th European Union - African Union Summit: A renewed partnership?
Last month, European and African Heads of State met for the 6th European Union and African Union Summit in Brussels, held two years later than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Our first year as an Independent Research Organisation
This month marks one year since Malaria Consortium was granted Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status, making us one of only a few international non-governmental organisations to hold this…
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Strengthening local capacity: The key to sustainable development
What exactly is capacity development? Capacity development as a field has changed quite a bit, especially in the past two decades. Even today, if you were to bring five experts together, they might…
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Mitigating the risks of pandemic-weakened supply chains
Supply chains, and the consequences of their breakdown, have been an unusual, and somewhat regular, topic of mainstream news since the emergence of COVID-19. Backlogs of containers at ports, empty…
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SMC in 2022: Maintaining scale and looking to the future
Last year, our seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme reached 20 million children across Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, Mozambique, Togo and Uganda, providing them with antimalarials to…
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Supporting country coordinating mechanisms to deliver Global Fund's strategy
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recently released a new five-year strategy, following a long period of engagement with civil society and the global health community. The…
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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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Our top five blogs of 2021
In spite of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, over the last 12 months we continued to deliver projects and, in some cases, significantly expand our work, ensuring communities were supported and…
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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…