356 items related to 'Diagnosis'
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Resources: Journal article :
Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: Community health workers’ and national stakeholders’ differing perspectives of new and existing aids
Background Pneumonia heavily contributes to global under-five mortality. Many countries use community case management to detect and treat childhood pneumonia. Community health workers (CHWs) have…
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Resources: Newsletter :
April newsletter
This month marked World Health Worker Week and World Health Day. To commemorate these occasions, we reflected on community health workers and their role in extending healthcare to millions of people…
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting government to control malaria in Uganda
The USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts aims to strengthen the government’s capacity to design, plan and monitor malaria control activities.
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium strategy 2015–2019
To achieve our mission, Malaria Consortium will work with partners — including all levels of government — to improve the lives of all in Africa and Asia, especially the poorest and most marginalised.…
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Videos :
Protocol film: Implementing a trial to evaluate pneumonia diagnostic devices
To note that subsequent to development of this film, some terms have changed and this is now how they are referred to in all associated project literature: - Accuracy evaluation = Performance…
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Videos :
60-second learning: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostics
A 60-second introduction to Malaria Consortium's new learning paper: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostic aids. Kevin Baker, pneumonia diagnostics programme coordinator, presents. Diagnosing pneumonia can…
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completedICCM Myanmar Pilot Extension
ICCM Myanmar Pilot Extension
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completedUganda's Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD)
Despite significant progress over the last decade, malaria remains persistently high in most areas of Uganda. The country still has one of the highest malaria burdens in Africa. USAID’s Malaria…
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completedScaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact
Scaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact
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completedARIDA protocol and field trials services
The ARIDA project aims to introduce automated respiratory rate counting aids for use by frontline health care workers in resource limited community settings and health facilities. These respiratory…
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Resources: Project brief :
Acute respiratory infection diagnostic aids field trial: Controlled accuracy study
The Acute Repiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project will evaluate community health workers' use of automated respiratory rate counting aids on children under five in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Training materials :
Malaria in the Asia Pacific: An interactive guide for the private sector
This interactive resource provides technical and practical advice on malaria control for the private sector in the Asia-Pacific. It raises understanding of the potential human and financial impact…
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Resources: Training materials :
Diagnose and treat febrile illnesses — malaria
This training course targets private sector sales representatives of malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) manufacturers, as well as registered mRDT providers. The modules cover how to provide quality…
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Resources: Poster :
Performance of selected respiratory rate timers for the detection of symptoms of pneumonia in children at the community level
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses the pneumonia diagnostics, which aimed to identify the most accurate and acceptable…
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Resources: Presentation :
Progress towards universal access to pneumonia treatment
This presentation was given at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It analyses how early identification and treatment of pneumonia saves lives, as well as how…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Implementing mobile health solutions
Malaria Consortium’s inSCALE project has been working to scale up quality integrated community case management programmes to improve child health in Uganda and Mozambique. This learning paper details…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Evaluating pneumonia diagnostic aids
Malaria Consortium’s pneumonia diagnostics project aimed to identify the most accurate, acceptable, scalable and user-friendly respiratory rate timers and pulse oximeters to help community health…
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Resources: Journal article :
Health worker and policy-maker perspectives on use of intramuscular artesunate for pre-referral and definitive treatment of severe malaria at health posts in Ethiopia
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends injectable artesunate given either intravenously or by the intramuscular route for definitive treatment for severe malaria and recommends a…
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Resources: Case study :
Strengthening the community approach to malaria prevention
To bridge the gaps in health service delivery at the community level, Malaria Consortium is implementing the Integrated Community-based Interventions for Malaria Services project from 2014–2017 in…
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Resources: Presentation :
‘The health shop’: Applying integrated marketing communication to generate demand for malaria testing
This presentation was given during the 2015 World Social Marketing Conference in Sydney and was awarded the title ‘Best paper from a non-OECD country’. It discusses a pilot project that aimed to…