1496 items related to 'Malaria'
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Resources: Poster :
Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of digitalising community health workers in Uganda
The Electronic Community Health Information System showcases significant improvements in child health outcomes and paves the way for the expansion of digital health initiatives in resource-limited…
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Time for business unusual: Can philanthropy be the catalyst required to achieve malaria elimination?
A child dies almost every minute from malaria. While huge gains have been made in recent history in reducing the burden of malaria — with deaths falling by 50 percent between 2000 and 2015 — progress…
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Resources: Project report :
Coverage and quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention supported by Malaria Consortium in 2023
This report outlines our methods for monitoring coverage of our SMC programme and the quality of its delivery in 2023.
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Resources: Project report :
Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme: Philanthropy report 2023
This report summarises achievements and challenges in areas where Malaria Consortium used philanthropic funding for SMC in 2023.
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Story :
San's story: A tailored approach to detecting the last malaria cases in Cambodia
In Cambodia, a community network of mobile malaria workers (MMWs) is reaching unreached communities with essential malaria services. They are supporting the government’s aim to eliminate all…
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Resources: Journal article :
Receipt of seasonal malaria chemoprevention by age-ineligible children and associated factors in nine implementation states in Nigeria
Children aged 3-59 months are eligible to receive seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC). This study aimed to assess how often SMC medicines were administered to ineligible children during the 2022…
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Thought leadership :
Re-evaluating approaches to malaria elimination in Africa: Prioritising partnerships for progress
With over 20 years’ experience in healthcare delivery, public health and operational research on communicable diseases in Africa and Asia, I recognise the inherent complexity of malaria. The disease…
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International summit calls for AMR accountability in public health interventions
The UK-Africa Health Summit took place this week, uniting global health leaders in antimicrobial stewardship to tackle this increasing threat ahead of the 2024 High-level Meeting on antimicrobial…
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Resources: Journal article :
Heterogeneity in the prevalence of subclinical malaria, other co-infections and anaemia among pregnant women in rural areas of Myanmar
This study found high rates of anaemia among pregnant women, despite a low prevalence of subclinical malaria and co-infections. The authors advocate integrating interventions for malaria, anaemia and…
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Resources: Capacity statement :
Malaria Consortium Mozambique
Malaria Consortium is committed to reducing the burden of malaria and other communicable diseases in Mozambique, especially those affecting children under five.
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Blog :
International Women's Day 2024: Seven ways to make health programmes gender intentional
To successfully reduce the gender equity gap in healthcare, we need to be gender intentional in our health programming. This means identifying and understanding gender inequalities, gender-based…
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Global SMC community celebrates new milestone at SMC Alliance Annual Meeting in Nigeria
The fifth Annual Meeting of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Alliance brought together implementing countries, partners and donors to review the past year’s activities and plan for future…
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Resources: Project brief :
Severe malaria: Strengthening diagnosis and case management
Implementing a process of continuous quality improvement and addressing constraints on health workforce capacity will drive improvements in the quality of malaria diagnosis and case management in…
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Our third year as an Independent Research Organisation: Using research to respond to health inequities and emerging threats
According to the World Health Organization’s State of Inequality: HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2021), diseases including malaria continue to take a disproportionally large toll on marginalised…
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Resources: Journal article :
Anti-malarial resistance in Mozambique: Absence of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 (K13) propeller domain polymorphisms associated with resistance to artemisinins
Although the results of this cross-sectional study do not show the emergence of artemisinin resistance in Mozambique, the high number of novel, non-synonymous mutations identified highlights the need…
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Resources: Journal article :
Improving community health worker treatment for malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Uganda through inSCALE community and mHealth innovations
The results of this cluster randomised controlled trial suggest that interventions that promote learning and increase CHWs' confidence and connectedness to the wider health system and community can…
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activeForecasting outbreak risks from extreme climate with active surveillance technology - FORECAST
Malaria Consortium and project partners aim to improve Uganda’s resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the face of escalating climate-related challenges, by strengthening the capacity of the…
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Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation join Mozambique’s national malaria programme to digitalise seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns
In a new collaboration, Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation will support Mozambique’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) to roll out a new digital tool to accelerate the digitalisation of…
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Resources: Journal article :
From efficacy to effectiveness: a comprehensive framework for monitoring, evaluating and optimizing SMC programmes
This paper describes the process for developing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework tailored specifically to seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
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Photo story :
Photo story: Second learning exchange enhances preparedness for emerging and future threats in African countries
Aedes-borne arboviruses — a group of diseases including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and zika transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes — are among the fastest spreading infections in the world. Since…