1496 items related to 'Malaria'
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Blog :
Publication snapshot of 2020
We have produced over 60 new publications covering a wide range of Malaria Consortium’s activities this year. From advocacy briefs to capacity and position statements, these are just a small…
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Blog :
Our top blogs of 2020
In a challenging year for our operations across Africa and Asia, we have looked to communicate the breadth of Malaria Consortium’s work on our blog, including the ways we've adapted our programmes in…
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Resources: Capacity statement :
Malaria Consortium Myanmar
In Myanmar, we have forged strong relationships with in-country and regional partners and government bodies, and offer a wealth of technical expertise.
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COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs, prevention behaviours and misinformation in the context of an adapted seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in six northern Nigerian states
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our SMC delivery model to ensure safety of distributors, data collectors and communities.
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Health sector resilience provides the roadmap to UHC
12 December 2020 marks the seventh year of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, where the international community comes together to renew its commitment to health for all by 2030.In approach,…
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Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: An observational study
This study evaluates the ACCESS-SMC project, which sought to remove barriers to SMC scale-up in seven countries in 2015–2016.
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Adapting SMC in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic: Enhancing safety and minimising risk
Our adaptations to our 2020 SMC campaign in Nigeria ensured the continued safe delivery of SMC during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Assessing the usability of a geospatial platform for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
We are piloting the use of a geospatial platform called Reveal to support the planning, distribution and tracking of SMC in northern Nigeria.
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Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for fifth year running
GiveWell is a US-based non-profit organisation that conducts in-depth research to determine and recommend non-profit programmes that offer the most impact per dollar spent. Malaria Consortium’s…
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October 2020 — Surveillance malaria newsletter Mozambique
This newsletter provides an update on an initiative that aims to strengthen the malaria surveillance system in Mozambique.
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Looking to 2021 - the scope for SMC in the future
Progress towards fewer malaria cases and deaths has plateaued in recent years and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of malaria elimination by 2030 looks increasingly challenging in…
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Q&A :
Strong partnerships make for successful programmes
In conversation with Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) We spoke with Dr Audu Bala Mohammed, National Coordinator of Nigeria’s NMEP and his team to hear how the partnership with…
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Improving malaria funding by strengthening awareness and coverage of the state health insurance scheme among women of reproductive age in Nigeria
The Nigerian state health insurance scheme could improve access to affordable malaria healthcare among vulnerable communities.
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Perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of extending the delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to older children in Chad
Extending SMC to older children is widely considered acceptable.
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Investigating fever occurrence among under-fives and seasonal malaria chemoprevention protocol adherence in northern Nigeria
Quality delivery of SMC significantly reduces fever occurrence in under-fives when used alongside insecticide-treated nets.
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Measuring the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria using propensity score matching for counterfactuals (2017–2019)
Propensity score matching could be a suitable method to determine the impact of SMC when routine data analysis is inadequate.
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Quality of care for children with malaria at private health facilities in Uganda: A cross-sectional study
Sub-optimal knowledge, practices and healthcare system support in private health facilities impact on the provision of quality malaria case management in Uganda.
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Health workers’ malaria case management practices in south-central Uganda, 2017–2019
Capacity development interventions supported Ugandan health workers to improve their management of malaria, even during upsurges.
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Trends in malaria morbidity and mortality rates in Uganda: A four-year retrospective study
Core malaria interventions, including service delivery improvements informed by clinical and mortality audits, are likely to reduce mortality attributable to malaria.
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Pharmacovigilance in seasonal malaria chemoprevention in northern Nigeria
Pharmacovigilance is well integrated in SMC, yet reporting of suspected adverse medicine reactions is low.