113 items related to 'Diarrhoea'
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Red Nose Day 2015 marks the culmination of Operation Health project
London. Friday, March 13 – Today is Red Nose Day, marking the culmination of Comic Relief’s Operation Health project in Uganda. The project, which began nine weeks ago, saw the reconstruction and…
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Malaria Consortium supports Comic Relief's Operation Health campaign
Malaria Consortium is delighted to be part of Comic Relief’s main fundraising campaign for Red Nose Day this year - Operation Health, involving a major renovation of a dilapidated rural clinic in…
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Diagnosing pneumonia - determining the best tools for use in community settings
In early November, Malaria Consortium held a highly successful symposium on access to better diagnostic tools for pneumonia. Held at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene…
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Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world's #1 infectious killer of children
Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia Press Release Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world’s #1 infectious killer of children On the sixth annual World…
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Mobile health approaches to improve motivation and performance of community health workers in Mozambique
This brief discusses the impact of the inSCALE APE CommCare mobile phone application on community health worker motivation, performance and retention, with the aim to increase the quality and…
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ICCM in practice
Clare Strachan discusses lessons learnt from a participatory evaluation across three African countries (South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia).
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Welcome to - Sharing what works: Integrated Community Case Management
Dr Sylvia Meek opens the event on Integrated Community Case Management.
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Malaria Consortium - Community Dialogue
The Community Dialogue approach is a form of community mobilisation and empowerment process aimed at providing communities with information, skills and confidence to gain control over decisions about…
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Village Health Teams - Saving Children's Lives in Uganda
The Malaria Consortium project behind this film - InSCALE - is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative that is looking at the critical need for community-based health volunteers in…
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inSCALE CommCare Application: Improving quality of care at all levels
The inSCALE project evaluates how the quality of health care provided by community health workers in Mozambique can be assessed and improved.
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Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uganda
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Agnes Nanyonjo, Research Officer in our Uganda office, has completed her doctoral thesis on 'Delivering health services to children through integrated…
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Integrated Community Case Management stocktaking: evidence review symposium
Presentation by Dr Theresa Diaz from UNICEF.
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Malaria Consortium presents at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems
Malaria Consortium was well represented at this week’s Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, which ran from 30 September until 3 October 2014. The conference was attended…
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Innovations and research priorities in improving quality and reach of ICCM
From the event: 'Sharing what works: integrated community case management'. Presentation by Dr Karin Källander from Malaria Consortium.
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Impact of an integrated community case management programme on uptake of appropriate diarrhoea and pneumonia treatments in Uganda: A propensity score matching and equity analysis study
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and assesses how integrated community case management as the first point of care improves equity and…
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Project monitoring and evaluation: results and highlights
From the event: 'Sharing what works: integrated community case management'. Presentation by Geoffrey Namara from Malaria Consortium.
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Closing Session: Sharing what works: integrated community case management
From the event: 'Sharing what works: integrated community case management'. Panel discussion, Dr James Tibenderana's presentation on the future of ICCM, and closing remarks from Dr Sylvia Meek.
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Malaria Consortium 2011
Malaria isn't just about severe attacks up to five times a year, leading to 2,000 deaths a day or 10,000 maternal deaths and the loss of 200,000 newborns or some of the poorest populations decimated…
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Linking the community to health systems - Malaria Consortium at 10
In February 2014, Malaria Consortium hosted a 10th anniversary symposium to celebrate a decade helping to manage communicable diseases and improve child health among the most vulnerable and…
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InSCALE: Advocating for increased iCCM coverage in Uganda
Three quarters of deaths in children under five are caused by malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia often because access to quality health care is hardest in areas where the need is greatest. Uganda has…