356 items related to 'Diagnosis'
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Resources: Insight brief :
Community dialogues and mobile health: Insights from Mozambique
While ownership of mobile devices in Mozambique is growing fast, discrepancies based on gender and location remain. The socio-cultural barriers such inequalities create may limit the community’s…
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Videos :
The Community Dialogue Approach: social and behaviour change for promoting healthy communities
This video introduces the Community Dialogue Approach - an intervention developed by Malaria Consortium to facilitate community engagement in low and middle income settings. Read the project brief …
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria
We support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver interventions that are designed to develop capacity around reporting and case management.
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Resources: Poster :
Expanding the health system into the forest: Analysis of and response to the challenge of providing malaria services inside forest areas within the Greater Mekong Subregion in the context of malaria elimination
Malaria incidence in Cambodia is decreasing and transmission is increasingly confined to forest areas. However, nearly all prevention and treatment funds are being invested in villages far from…
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Resources: Poster :
Using the collaborative quality improvement approach to increase adherence to the test, treat, and track malaria case management framework: Experiences from 10 health facilities in Uganda
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. In an effort to reduce the country’s malaria burden, the Ministry of Health incorporated a number of World Health Organization…
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Resources: Project brief :
RISE for Nutrition
Malnutrition is a major public health concern in Nigeria and a contributing factor to nearly half of all child deaths in the country. The impact of malnutrition is exacerbated in Niger state, the…
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Resources: Poster :
Diagnostic challenges in childhood pneumonia: Lessons learnt in selecting a reference standard for validating new respiratory rate counting aids
In the absence of aetiology-based tools for diagnosing pneumonia, it is essential that community health workers (CHWs) correctly measure a child’s respiratory rate (RR) and classify fast breathing…
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Resources: Poster :
Community engagement and mobilisation of local resources to support integrated community case management activities in Niger state, Nigeria
Despite strong evidence that integrated community case management (iCCM) can reduce childhood illness related morbidity and mortality, the sustainability of iCCM projects remains a challenge. From…
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Resources: Project report :
Pneumonia Diagnostics Scientific Advisory Committee meeting report June 2014
This report summarises the discussion at the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting on the evaluation of respiratory rate and pulse oximetry devices for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children at…
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Resources: Journal article :
Private sector malaria RDT initiative in Nigeria: lessons from an end-of-project stakeholder engagement meeting
BackgroundThe malaria rapid diagnosis testing (RDT) landscape is rapidly evolving in health care delivery in Nigeria with many stakeholders playing or having potential for critical roles. A recent…
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Resources: Journal article :
Immediate assessment of performance of medical laboratory scientists following a 10-day malaria microscopy training programme in Nigeria
Background Rapid and precise diagnosis of malaria is an essential element in effective case management and control of malaria. Malaria microscopy is used as the gold standard for malaria…
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Resources: Journal article :
Community understanding of the concept of pre-referral treatment and how this impacts on referral related decision-making following the provision of rectal artesunate: A qualitative study in western Uganda
Background Successful pre-referral treatment with rectal artesunate (RA) for suspected severe malaria requires operational linkages between community health workers (CHWs) and referral facilities,…
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Resources: Training materials :
Pneumonia diagnostics: Device selection report
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five, particularly in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Community health workers (CHWs) providing health services in rural and hard…
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Resources: Training materials :
Initial pneumonia device short listing exercise
Pneumonia is currently the leading cause of death in children worldwide.
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Resources: Project report :
Technical pneumonia device landscape review
Recent research has highlighted the need to better support community health workers in the diagnosis of pneumonia in low-resource settings. An automated device — rather than manually counting the…
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Videos :
VOX Mozambique: health centre director Omar on malaria prevention
Nampula is one of the worst malaria affected provinces in Mozambique. To help reduce the burden, Malaria Consortium trained community members to raise awareness of the disease and promote good…
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Resources: Case study :
Improved management and prevention of malaria in pregnancy
Effective management of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) requires key antimalarial commodities to always be available at health facilities. To improve the management and prevention of MiP, USAID’s Malaria…
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Resources: Case study :
Pharaoh's story: Community health workers promote change through village health clubs
Pharaoh, Bukinda village’s integrated community case management (iCCM) health worker, is working with members of his community to find solutions to common health issues through the establishment of…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated community case management in South Sudan
This project aims to improve access to basic health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan, contributing to a reduction in under…
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Resources: Case study :
Kibuuba’s key influencer: Promoting change from within
Moses, a voluntary community health worker and key influencer from Uganda's Kibuuba village, is promoting essential malaria prevention and control behaviours. By working with local and district…