268 Publications items related to 'Diagnosis'
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VOX Myanmar: Malaria volunteer on training and treating more illnesses
Malaria Consortium worked with Myanmar's National Malaria Control Programme, Child Health and Nutrition Divisions and Kalay, Pinlebu and Banmauk townships to introduce integrated community case…
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VOX Myanmar: A mother on how iCCM training helped save her daughter
Malaria Consortium worked with Myanmar's National Malaria Control Programme, Child Health and Nutrition Divisions and Kalay, Pinlebu and Banmauk townships to introduce integrated community case…
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Pneumonia is preventable and treatable, but deadly
Malaria Consortium has been one of the leading implementers of community based primary healthcare programmes involving pneumonia diagnostics and treatment for over a decade. This includes the…
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Resources: Project report :
Working together to combat malaria: Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP)
SuNMaP worked with the Nigerian government’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to harmonise donor efforts and funding agencies around national policies and plans for malaria control. Project…
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Effect of a community-based intervention on improving care-seeking behaviour for sick children under five in hard-to-reach communities in Niger state, Nigeria
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses ways to increase access to diagnosis, treatment and referrals for malaria, pneumonia…
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Determining the capability of family planning workers to deliver malaria case management in communities in Bandarban, Bangladesh
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses a pilot study implemented to determine if family planning health workers — when…
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Hot or not? Management of unclassified fever in children in sub-Saharan Africa
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses a study which assessed the safety of conditional versus universal follow-up of…
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Resources: Journal article :
Neglected tropical diseases: Exploring long-term practical approaches to achieve sustainable disease elimination and beyond
This paper identifies two major priorities in the fight against NTDs: strengthening the capacity of the primary health care health system in correctly diagnosing and managing such diseases, and…
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Resources: Project brief :
Strengthening primary healthcare for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia
This pilot tests materials and processes designed to strengthen health workers' capacity to detect, manage and record neglected tropical diseases at the primary healthcare level in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Newsletter :
Providing Ugandan community health workers with bicycles
Village health team members from 43 communities in Iyolwa, a sub-county in eastern Uganda, received brand new bicycles this month thanks to our recent fundraising campaign. Malaria Consortium…
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All you need to know: Community-based primary healthcare
Community-based primary health care (CBPHC) involves using trained community health workers to deliver health services to under-served communities in remote areas. Malaria Consortium just published…
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Resources: Advocacy report :
Community-based primary healthcare: The key to unlocking health for all
Community-based primary healthcare (CBPHC) delivers a range of health services to hard-to-reach and under-served communities. It can be the mechanism through which universal health coverage can be…
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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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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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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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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…