239 items related to 'iCCM'
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Resources: Research brief :
Scalable interventions to increase community health worker motivation and performance: Randomised controlled trials in Mozambique and Uganda
When properly trained and equipped, community health workers (CHWs) in Africa have the potential to reduce child deaths from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea by up to 60 percent through delivering…
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Resources: Infographic :
Studying the acceptability of an automated pneumonia diagnostic device in Ethiopia
This infographic visualises the results from the Children's Automated Respiration Monitor study in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Project brief :
Transform: Primary Health Care
In Ethiopia, through the Transform: Primary Health Care project, we supported government efforts to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths.
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completedNiger State Wraparound Technical Assistance for CHIPS Program
Funded by the Gates Foundation, the four year (2018-2022) technical assistance to CHIPS programme aims at supporting improvement access and quality of PHC at the community level in Niger State. The…
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria
We support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver interventions that are designed to develop capacity around reporting and case management.
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Resources: Presentation :
A qualitative assessment of community health committees' participation, with and without community dialogues
In an effort to reduce child mortality, countries are increasingly adopting the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy for childhood illnesses. For iCCM to be successful, community…
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Resources: Poster :
Community engagement and mobilisation of local resources to support integrated community case management activities in Niger state, Nigeria
Despite strong evidence that integrated community case management (iCCM) can reduce childhood illness related morbidity and mortality, the sustainability of iCCM projects remains a challenge. From…
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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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Kangaroo mother care initiative: Saving preterm babies in Uganda
Prematurity is the leading cause of newborn death in Uganda. During a broader community health care project, Malaria Consortium trained village health team members to raise awareness among mothers of…
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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 :
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: 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: Journal article :
Universal versus conditional third day follow-up visit for children with nonsevere unclassified fever at the community level in Ethiopia: Protocol for a cluster randomized noninferiority trial
BackgroundUnder the World Health Organization’s integrated community case management strategy, febrile children seen by community health workers (on day one) without a diagnosable illness and without…
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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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Saving lives and transforming communities
This film provides a compelling case for scaling up integrated community case management (iCCM) interventions across Nigeria and in countries in sub-Saharan Africa with similar context. It draws on…
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Resources: Journal article :
Integrated community case management in a peri-urban setting: A qualitative evaluation in Wakiso District, Uganda
Background Integrated community case management (iCCM) strategies aim to reach poor communities by providing timely access to treatment for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea for children under 5…
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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: Deputy DMO on malaria volunteers providing more services
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: Health assistant on supervising iCCM trained volunteers
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…