356 items related to 'Diagnosis'
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Videos :
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: improving pneumonia diagnosis in the community
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project is working to identify the most accurate and acceptable devices for use by frontline health workers in remote settings in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Resources: Annual review :
Annual review: Highlights of the year 2014–2015
In 2014–2015, we continued our work to reduce malaria deaths and incidence by helping governments tailor, innovate, adopt and apply interventions best suited to their needs. We also supported the…
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Measuring malaria among border-crossers in Southeast Asia
In September, Malaria Consortium launched the second phase of its cross-border project in Stung Treng province, Cambodia. This new study will build on the work of a project that ended last year,…
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Presenting our pneumonia diagnostics work at the annual ASTMH meeting
Our pneumonia diagnostics team held a number of interesting sessions at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia from 25-29 October, 2015. These sessions…
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Resources: Poster :
Acceptability of selected respiratory rate counters and pulse oximeters for use by frontline health workers in the detection of pneumonia symptoms in children in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses Malaria Consortium’s evaluation to identify the most accurate and acceptable…
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Resources: Poster :
Negative malaria test case management in the private retail outlets: Results from mystery patient surveys in Nigeria and Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the results of a study for which mystery patient surveys were conducted to…
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Resources: Poster :
Introduction of an innovative system to assist malaria rapid diagnostic testing and reporting in the private sector in Wakiso District, Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the methods and results of a project that aimed to assess the acceptability of the…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Establishing Village Health Clubs to improve community health worker motivation and performance
Malaria Consortium’s inSCALE project has been supporting the scale-up of quality integrated community case management programmes to improve child health in Uganda. This paper details the process of…
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All fever does not equal malaria - a Q&A on the importance of diagnosis
To mark the launch of a new series of advocacy briefs, the first of which is on the topic of malaria diagnostics, Malaria Consortium’s Senior Public Health Diagnostics Specialist, Elizabeth Streat,…
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Resources: Poster :
Improving outcomes of severe malaria management: The role of a community transport referral system in a rural district in eastern Uganda
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2015 and discusses the results of cross sectional surveys exploring whether a transport referral system…
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Malaria Consortium presents at the 2015 ASTMH Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
This week, Malaria Consortium is presenting at the 64th annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia. Our symposiums and interactive presentations…
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Helping Reduce Child Pneumonia Deaths in Cambodian Rural Communities
Rochom Wart is one of 65 village malaria workers (VMWs) in Cambodia, who has been trained to also detect the signs and symptoms of pneumonia in children under five years using special new diagnostic…
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Resources: Journal article :
High prevalence of antibiotic resistance in nasopharyngeal bacterial isolates from healthy children in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study
Background In Uganda, the main causes of death in children under 5 years of age are malaria and pneumonia-often due to delayed diagnosis and treatment. In preparation for a community case management…
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Malaria Consortium's support to planning and capacity building in Nigeria acknowledged at Annual Performance Review
During August, an evaluation team from the UK Department for International Development (DfID) met with stakeholders and partners in Nigeria as part of its annual programme review of ‘Support to…
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Resources: Project report :
Making connections: The Mbale malaria control project strengthens links between communities and health systems to reduce child deaths
This report showcases the impact of our Mbale malaria control project through the voices of implementers and beneficiaries. The project ran between 2011 and 2015, and aimed to contribute to the…
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Sharing progress and lessons learnt from the pneumonia diagnostics project in South Sudan
The South Sudan Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF, held an important technical meeting in Juba from the 23-24 July to discuss integrated management of neonatal and childhood illnesses…
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Sharing progress and lessons learnt from the pneumonia diagnostics project in South Sudan
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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Resources: Journal article :
Malaria and the mobile and migrant population in Cambodia: A population movement framework to inform strategies for malaria control and elimination
Background The relationships between human population movement (HPM) and health are a concern at global level. In the case of malaria, those links are crucial in relation to the spread of drug…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Managing illness through better diagnosis of malaria
In 2010, the World Health Organization recommended that all suspected malaria cases should receive a diagnostic test before starting treatment. This brief describes Malaria Consortium's commitment…
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Beyond Garki baseline results released, highlighting changes in malaria environment
Over the last 15 years, increased global investment in fighting malaria has contributed substantially to reduction in the prevalence of the disease in endemic countries around the world. With the…