60 Publications items related to 'Malaria in pregnancy'
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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…
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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: Poster :
Continuous long-lasting insecticidal net distribution through antenatal care facilities and primary schools
Combining antenatal care facilities and primary schools as channels for continuous long-lasting insecticidal net distribution (LLIN) can help maintain high LLIN coverage at the community level in…
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Resources: Presentation :
Improving health worker performance through text messaging: Pilot intervention designed to increase coverage of IPTp
At Roll Back Malaria's fourth annual Social Behaviour Change Communication Working Group meeting, Malaria Consortium’s Christian Rassi presented lessons learnt from a successful pilot study designed…
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Resources: Newsletter :
World Malaria Day newsletter
Tuesday 25 April marked the 11th annual World Malaria Day. In support, Malaria Consortium ran a seven day campaign highlighting our achievements in the fight against malaria, the cost-effectiveness…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Informing policy and practice to improve quality of care for malaria in pregnancy in Uganda
Which activities supported the uptake of results from an operational research study that explored the barriers to achieving high coverage of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy…
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Resources: Research brief :
Strengthening service delivery for malaria in pregnancy: A mobile health pilot intervention in West Nile, Uganda
To address key barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp), Malaria Consortium developed a pilot intervention that trained health workers on malaria in…
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Resources: Poster :
Improving the coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy through text messaging health workers in West Nile, Uganda
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses a project that aimed to tackle malaria infection in pregnant women through…
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Resources: Research brief :
Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda
This research brief evaluates the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) in areas of medium or high malaria transmission. IPTp is typically provided as part of the focused…
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Resources: Journal article :
Assessing demand-side barriers to uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: A qualitative study in two regions of Uganda
Background To prevent malaria infection during pregnancy in endemic areas in Africa, the World Health Organization recommends the administration of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy…
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Assessing supply-side barriers to uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: A qualitative study and document and record review in two regions of Uganda
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), provided as part of routine antenatal care (ANC), is one of three malaria-in-pregnancy prevention…
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Resources: Newsletter :
Our new malaria animation
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to reduce malaria cases and deaths by further 90 percent by 2030. To find out more about the progress made and the challenges that remain to defeat one of the…
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Resources: Project report :
Rapid Assessment of Malaria in Pregnancy in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar
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Support to National Malaria Programme: Stories of success
Since 2008, under the leadership of Malaria Consortium, Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) was launched with the help of partners, Grid Consulting and Health Partners International.…
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Resources: Project brief :
Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda: Pilot intervention
This project aims to increase the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda. Based on formative research, a pilot…
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Resources: Presentation :
Assessing and addressing barriers to IPTp uptake in Uganda
These findings on the challenges to recording and reporting uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy were presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected…
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Resources: Poster :
Challenges to recording and reporting of uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy at facility level in Uganda
This poster was presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town and discusses challenges to recording and reporting the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in…
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Resources: Presentation :
Malaria in pregnancy in Southeast Asia: A neglected disease?
This presentation discusses the effects of malaria in pregnancy and the preventive measures being employed in Southeast Asia, the problems associated with control of malaria in pregnancy - especially…
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Resources: Project brief :
Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda
This project studied demand and supply side barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). Based on the findings of the formative research, an intervention was…
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Resources: Journal article :
Placental Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection: Operational accuracy of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests in a malaria endemic setting
Abstract Malaria has a negative effect on the outcome of pregnancy. Pregnant women are at high risk of severe malaria and severe haemolytic anaemia, which contribute over 60-70 percent of foetal and…