356 items related to 'Diagnosis'
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Resources: Journal article :
National malaria prevalence in Cambodia: Microscopy versus polymerase chain reaction estimates
Abstract Accurate information regarding malaria prevalence at national level is required to design and assess malaria control/elimination efforts. Although many comparisons of microscopy and…
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Resources: Journal article :
Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers and caregivers for children with suspected pneumonia in Zambia: A cross-sectional mixed methods study
Background Antibiotic resistance is an issue of growing global concern. One key strategy to minimise further development of resistance is the rational use of antibiotics, by providers and patients…
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Resources: Newsletter :
Our new malaria animation
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to reduce malaria cases and deaths by further 90 percent by 2030. To find out more about the progress made and the challenges that remain to defeat one of the…
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Videos :
Beating malaria: mobilising support for a malaria-free future
Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a child every 30 seconds. Under the Millennium Development Goals, however, considerable progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing and treating malaria. As a…
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Pneumonia Diagnostics Project shares results at dissemination meetings in Cambodia
On March 15, 2016, Malaria Consortium hosted a workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to disseminate the preliminary results of our multi-country pneumonia diagnostics research project. The research aims…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Positive deviance: An asset-based approach to improve malaria outcomes
This brief summarises the learning paper 'Positive deviance: An asset-based approach to improve malaria outcomes in Cambodia'. It describes a pilot project in northwest Cambodia that used positive…
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Resources: Journal article :
Reactive case-detection of malaria in Pailin province, western Cambodia: Lessons from a year-long evaluation in a pre-elimination setting
Background As momentum towards malaria elimination grows, strategies are being developed for scale-up in elimination settings. One prominent strategy, reactive case detection (RACD), involves…
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Resources: Journal article :
Assessing the quality of care for pneumonia in integrated community case management: A cross-sectional mixed methods study
Background Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children under five worldwide. Community-level interventions, such as integrated community case management, have great potential…
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Pneumonia diagnostics dissemination workshop held in Ethiopia
Malaria Consortium hosted a dissemination workshop on our pneumonia diagnostics work in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which seeks to identify the most accurate and user-friendly tools for…
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Videos :
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: evaluating devices for accuracy
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five in both Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of the children who die from pneumonia do so as a result of…
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Eight-year programme contributes to significant malaria decrease in Nigeria
Abuja, 18 February 2016 - “I am inspired by the efforts of SuNMaP and its partners. There is no question that SuNMaP has had a huge impact upon malaria in Nigeria.” Dr Ngozi Azodoh, Assistant…
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Support to National Malaria Programme ends with dissemination event
Abuja, 16 February 2016 - SuNMaP, the Support to National Malaria Programme, has come to an end after eight years of working to improve Nigeria’s health system. Today – on the first of a two-day…
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Resources: Project report :
Support to National Malaria Programme 2008–2016
This report summarises the achievements of the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP), a UK aid-funded project working with the government and people of Nigeria to strengthen the national…
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Resources: Case study :
Support to National Malaria Programme: Stories of success
The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) project aimed to improve malaria outcomes and strengthen Nigeria’s health system, resulting in over 48,000 lives saved in 10 states. These stories…
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Resources: Project report :
Malaria control Nigeria: State fact sheets
This is a collection of fact sheets on the ten Nigerian states in which the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) was implemented. Funded by UK aid, the project worked with the government…
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World Pneumonia Day - resources and news roundup
Malaria Consortium produced a range of outputs and news for World Pneumonia Day 2015. Please see below for a list of our activities: News World's first pneumonia innovations summit unveils next…
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Resources: Presentation :
Community-based systems for the detection, treatment and reporting of malaria cases in Myanmar: Landscaping exercise with implementing partner organisations
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses current village health volunteer management and data reporting procedures across all malaria…
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Resources: Journal article :
Early identification and treatment of pneumonia: A call to action
This call for action published by the Lancet Global Health on World Pneumonia Day 2015, calls for improved early identification and treatment of childhood pneumonia at community and outpatient level…
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Videos :
How Uganda tackles pneumonia, the world's #1 infectious killer
In Uganda, Malaria Consortium is working with the government and partners to improve child health through better diagnosis and treatment for pneumonia. Learn more about our work in integrated…
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World's first pneumonia innovations summit unveils next generation prevention, diagnostic and treatment innovations
November 12th, New York, 2015 – On World Pneumonia Day, more than 50 innovators and 150 global health leaders assembled at the inaugural Pneumonia Innovations Summit to discuss the next wave of…