208 items related to 'Health system strengthening'
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Resources: Technical brief :
Domestic expenditure on health service delivery in low-income settings
To accelerate progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to develop further their health financing systems. UHC is defined as…
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Resources: Research brief :
Supporting roll-out of revised dengue prevention and control guidelines in Myanmar
While clear and concise dengue prevention and control guidelines are necessary, it is also crucial that implementers are trained on how these affect their roles and responsibilities. This study…
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Videos :
iCCM - Filling Health Care Gaps
Integrated community case management, or iCCM, forms an integral part of community based primary health care in less developed countries. It helps bridge the gap between the marginalised and the…
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Resources: Case study :
Improved management and prevention of malaria in pregnancy
Effective management of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) requires key antimalarial commodities to always be available at health facilities. To improve the management and prevention of MiP, USAID’s Malaria…
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Resources: Project brief :
Moving towards malaria elimination by strengthening surveillance in Mozambique
This project focuses on building the foundation of a comprehensive nationwide malaria surveillance system and on supporting the regional malaria elimination agenda in Mozambique.
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completedReducing the Malaria Burden
Reducing the Malaria Burden to Pre-Elimination Levels and Bringing Malaria Related Mortality to Zero by 2020 in Nigeria
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Resources: Project brief :
upSCALE: Strengthening of the mobile health platform to improve quality and coverage of community-based maternal and child health care and disease surveillance in Mozambique
The project aims to refine and expand a mobile health system for Mozambique's national community health worker programme to improve the quality and coverage of community-based health services and…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated community case management in South Sudan
This project aims to improve access to basic health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan, contributing to a reduction in under…
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Resources: Case study :
Strengthening regional referral hospitals to provide evidenceâ€based technical support to district health services
USAID’s Malaria Action for Districts project has been working with the Ministry of Health in Uganda to strengthen the capacity of regional referral hospitals, improve the quality of their services…
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Resources: Presentation :
upSCALE: A digital health system strengthening approach for improved quality of care at community level and for passive case reporting for malaria surveillance
To improve the quality of care community health workers (CHWs) in Mozambique provide, Malaria Consortium developed the upSCALE platform in 2013, together with the Ministry of Health and Unicef. The…
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Resources: Poster :
Co-implementation of malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in schools in Nigeria
In 2013, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health launched a National Malaria Strategic Plan and a National NTD Master Plan to achieve pre-elimination of NTDs by 2020. While much progress has been made since,…
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Resources: Poster :
Assessing the usability of a national guideline on malaria-lymphatic filariasis co-implementation in Nigeria
This presentation argues that the roles and responsibilities of team members need to be delineated more clearly to improve the malaria-lymphatic filariasis co-implementation in Nigeria. It was…
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Videos :
Improving mother and child survival through a community-led approach
This film explores the innovative aspects of the Comic Relief-funded iCCM MaCS project and makes the case for scaling it up, both across Uganda and to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with…
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Resources: Case study :
Health extension workers on a mission to raise awareness of malaria
Integrated Community-based Interventions for Malaria Services (ICIMS) is a three-year James Percy Foundation-funded project that aims to improve the uptake and quality of community-based health…
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Videos :
VOX Uganda: Mbale DHO on boda boda malaria referral system
Malaria Consortium worked with the National Malaria Control Programme to introduce a motorcycle (boda boda) referral system to communities in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda. This VOX Voices of…
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Resources: Project brief :
Identifying drivers of antibiotic resistance and developing a ‘One Health’ approach for rational use of antibiotics in humans and animals in Cambodia
This project aims to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans and animals, and the spillover to the environment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in rural Cambodia.
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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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Resources: Annual review :
Highlights of the year 2016–2017
Our 2016–2017 highlights present a selection of key achievements and challenges for the year. The full Trustees’ report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2017 is available…
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Resources: Annual review :
Trustees' report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2017
Malaria Consortium's Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year which ended 31 March 2017.
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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.