218 News items related to 'Malaria'
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Scale-up of effective malaria control dramatically reduces deaths
The World Malaria Report 2014 shares the good news, but warns the fight is far from over The World Malaria Report 2014, released today by the World Health Organization, was launched in the UK…
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Malaria Consortium at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2014
Malaria Consortium gave a number of presentations at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM 2014) and the 8th seminar on Food- and Water-borne Parasitic Zoonoses (FBPZ8) in Bangkok…
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Malaria Consortium promotes knowledge sharing in its efforts to eliminate malaria
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that we have shared our research portfolio on the newly launched MESA Track database. Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), with whom Malaria…
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention project officially kicks off
ACCESS-SMC, a UNITAID-funded project, led by Malaria Consortium in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, was officially launched at a meeting in Uganda last month. It is supporting National…
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Bill Gates commits to eradicating malaria in his lifetime
In the opening keynote speech of the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bill Gates called upon the international community to drive towards eradicating malaria…
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Malaria Consortium at ASTMH
Malaria Consortium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans, November 3 - 6 Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 63rd annual…
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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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Malaria report announces new era in fighting the disease
London, 14 October - We are at a tipping point in the fight against malaria and the UK government must renew its commitment to beat this preventable and treatable disease. According to a new report,…
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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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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…
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Fake medicines and malaria
In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 207 million cases of malaria, which killed approximately 627,000 people – mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa. The best weapon…
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Uganda launches test kits project to boost malaria treatment in private health sector
16 September - Malaria Consortium, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the National Drug Authority, WHO and other NGOs, has launched a $6.2 million (about £10.1 million) project to create…
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Community dialogues in Zambia - in pictures
The success of health interventions hinges on the involvement of affected communities. One method of encouraging engagement is through community dialogues, which gather villagers to discuss and find…
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Harmonisation: lessons for improving donor and partner support for malaria control
For most large-scale health programmes, harmonisation amongst partners is key. When it comes to disease control, this is all the more essential. As organisations work with limited resources and…
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Historic campaign delivers mosquito nets to every household across Uganda
A universal LLIN campaign to distribute 21 million nets across Uganda reached completion this weekend and was marked at an event in Kampala. The first distribution of its kind in Uganda, the 16 month…
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Orientation on external quality assurance for malaria diagnostics
The Ugandan Ministry of Health, through funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is rolling out external quality assurance (EQA) for malaria diagnostics across the…
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Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention projects in Africa
In the Sahel region of Africa, which covers a broad swathe of land south of the Sahara, malaria remains the leading cause of severe illness and death in young children. A high proportion of the…
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South Sudan faces growing public health crisis
On the third anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, the humanitarian situation remains critical for the country and it is on the brink of famine and facing a public health crisis. The UN…