1503 items related to 'Malaria'
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Success treating severe malaria in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria – “Mortality rates in those states where we ran our severe malaria project fell from 25 to just one percent. These results are, in part, due to the project and show that the use of…
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Making the case for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective method of malaria prevention, recommended by the World Health Organization. This advocacy brief makes the case for scaling up SMC across…
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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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VIDEO: How to defeat one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases (Politics Home)
This article was originally published on Politics home. "We need a scaling up of domestic and international resources" to end malaria, says Malaria Consortium. Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a…
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Beating malaria: mobilising support for a malaria-free future
Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a child every 30 seconds. Under the Millennium Development Goals, however, considerable progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing and treating malaria. As a…
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Rapid assessment: Perceptions of malaria and neglected tropical diseases services in Bandarban, Bangladesh
This presentation outlines the findings of a rapid assessment conducted to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices among health workers, policy makers and communities regarding malaria control…
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Relieving the burden of malaria in the Sahel
In this video we hear from community volunteers and health workers who explain the impact of malaria on the community. Mother of 3 year old Umma, Shefahatu explains what happens when the ACCESS-SMC…
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: A promising investment for the Sahel
Malaria is devastating for families and nations alike. Not only does it affect child development, it hinders economic development and acts as an enormous strain to the countries' health system. This…
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Protecting those most at risk of malaria in the Sahel
In this film, we hear from those who benefit from the ACCESS-SMC project. Zakariya explains what it is like to suffer from malaria while Salamatu, mother of eight, talks to us about the relief she…
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Bringing Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention to the Sahel
The impact of malaria is devastating in the Sahel and children under five are the most vulnerable to its effects. This video introduces the ACCESS-SMC project, illustrating the different stages of…
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Resources: Newsletter :
ACCESS-SMC newsletter
As we prepare for the second season of seasonal malaria chemoprevention distribution, Malaria Consortium will hold the first ACCESS-SMC symposium 'Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel:…
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Achievements in insecticide treated net ownership and use in Nigeria, and challenges in sustaining the gains
Nigeria has been implementing the long lasting insecticidal net intervention approach as a core malaria prevention strategy over the past decade. This brief presents the achievements and challenges,…
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Positive deviance: An asset-based approach to improve malaria outcomes
This brief summarises the learning paper 'Positive deviance: An asset-based approach to improve malaria outcomes in Cambodia'. It describes a pilot project in northwest Cambodia that used positive…
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Linking nutrition to the treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea
In South Sudan, Malaria Consortium saves lives by preventing and treating malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition The approach Since 2009, Malaria Consortium has been implementing a…
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UK’s commitment to malaria should put disease surveillance at its core (Politics Home)
This article was originally published on Politics Home. As we mark World Malaria Day on the 25 April, Malaria Consortium calls on the UK to place strengthening disease surveillance systems to find…
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Innovation key to defeating malaria
London, 25 April 2016 – “Significant progress in malaria control and elimination has been made between 2000 and now, with malaria mortality rates falling by 60 percent and over 6.2 million lives…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Malaria prevention through insecticide treated nets
Sleeping under an insecticide treated net is the most widely adopted preventive measure against malaria. It is effective because the female mosquito that transmits malaria only bites at night in most…
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Unprecedented net gains: the role of insecticidal treated nets in fighting malaria
Extending access, and increasing use, of mosquito nets amongst those most at risk from malaria – pregnant women and children under the age of five – has been a significant factor contributing to a…
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Reactive case-detection of malaria in Pailin province, western Cambodia: Lessons from a year-long evaluation in a pre-elimination setting
Background As momentum towards malaria elimination grows, strategies are being developed for scale-up in elimination settings. One prominent strategy, reactive case detection (RACD), involves…
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completedProgramme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) 2016
Since 2011, we have been engaged in a Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) with the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) for £2.67 million per year until March 2016.…