208 items related to 'Health system strengthening'
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Malaria Consortium launches ‘top-rated’ malaria prevention campaign in Africa’s Sahel
London, 30 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign has begun across three countries in the Sahel region of Africa. Over the next four months, the campaign will…
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Strengthening Uganda's response to malaria
Malaria Consortium, in partnership with UNICEF, is supporting the Ministry of Health to implement a project funded by UK aid (from the UK government) in 25 districts in mid-northern Uganda, to…
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Malaria Consortium shares new film on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh
London, 1 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium premiered its new film last week on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh. The film focuses on the use of the Community Dialogue Approach in order…
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Using Community Dialogue to tackle antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh
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Dr Khin Maung Than's story
As a township medical officer, Dr Khin Maung Than oversees all health initiatives in Wuntho township in the Sagaing region of Myanmar.
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completedStrengthening community-based malaria prevention and surveillance interventions
This project operated in Wolaiyita zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia to reduce malaria morbidity and severity of the disease in Boloso Sore and…
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MAPD Uganda - Building capacity and sustainable health facilities
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Immediate assessment of performance of medical laboratory scientists following a 10-day malaria microscopy training programme in Nigeria
Background Rapid and precise diagnosis of malaria is an essential element in effective case management and control of malaria. Malaria microscopy is used as the gold standard for malaria diagnosis,…
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Digital Technologies for Health Workforce Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review
The collection of journal articles, systematic reviews, and reports published over the last decade that attest to the potential of digital technologies to achieve health workforce improvements across…
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Strengthening primary healthcare for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than a billion people in tropical and subtropical conditions. NTDs are 20 diverse diseases of poverty and have historically received less global…
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Resources: Learning brief :
iCCM in Myanmar: Lessons from Sagaing region
From June 2016 to June 2017, Malaria Consortium implemented a pilot project that integrated and scaled up Myanmar's two community case management components to ensure the health system has the…
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Annual Review Meeting of the upSCALE platform in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique
More than 70 participants attended a meeting to discuss the annual review of the upSCALE project, carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Heath of Cabo Delgado in partnership with Malaria…
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Using the collaborative quality improvement approach to increase adherence to the test, treat, and track malaria case management framework: Experiences from 10 health facilities in Uganda
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. In an effort to reduce the country’s malaria burden, the Ministry of Health incorporated a number of World Health Organization…
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Desempenho do sistema de vigilância de malária em Moçambique: uma avaliação exaustiva
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Malaria surveillance system performance in Mozambique: A comprehensive assessment
Despite recent reductions in morbidity and mortality, malaria remains the largest public health problem in Mozambique, accounting for 29 percent of all hospital deaths and 42 percent of deaths among…
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The community dialogue approach: lessons learnt from implementation in four countries
Diseases and how they can be prevented, diagnosed and treated are sometimes misunderstood by affected communities. This means that people may get sick more often, and might not seek timely or…
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The community dialogue approach: lessons learnt from implementation in four countries
Diseases and how they can be prevented, diagnosed and treated are sometimes misunderstood by affected communities. This means that people may get sick more often, and might not seek timely or…
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Resources: Project brief :
Strengthening Uganda's response to malaria
The Strengthening Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURMa) project aims to improve access to and uptake of high-quality malaria prevention and control services. Malaria Consortium, in partnership with…
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Maternal and newborn care: Saving premature babies in Uganda
As part of the Integrated Community Case Management-Maternal and Child Survival (iCCM-MaCS) project, Malaria Consortium provided formal health facilities in Uganda with incubators and established the…
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Improving health worker performance through text messaging: A mixed-methods evaluation of a pilot intervention designed to increase coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in West Nile, Uganda
Poor health worker performance is a well-documented obstacle to quality service provision. Due to the increasingly widespread availability of mobile devices, mobile health (mHealth) has received…