200 items related to 'MNCH'
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Resources: Poster :
Community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children in Nigeria
Current recommendations advise community health workers to refer cases of chest indrawing pneumonia to health facilities for treatment, but many children die due to delays or non-compliance with…
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Resources: Poster :
Community engagement and mobilisation of local resources to support integrated community case management activities in Niger state, Nigeria
Despite strong evidence that integrated community case management (iCCM) can reduce childhood illness related morbidity and mortality, the sustainability of iCCM projects remains a challenge. From…
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Resources: Project brief :
Strengthening Uganda's response to malaria
The Strengthening Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURMa) project aims to improve access to and uptake of high-quality malaria prevention and control services. Malaria Consortium, in partnership with…
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Resources: Insight brief :
Maternal and newborn care: Saving premature babies in Uganda
As part of the Integrated Community Case Management-Maternal and Child Survival (iCCM-MaCS) project, Malaria Consortium provided formal health facilities in Uganda with incubators and established the…
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Resources: Project report :
Pneumonia Diagnostics Scientific Advisory Committee meeting report June 2014
This report summarises the discussion at the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting on the evaluation of respiratory rate and pulse oximetry devices for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children at…
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Resources: Poster :
Determining the capability of family planning workers to deliver malaria case management in communities in Bandarban, Bangladesh
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses a pilot study implemented to determine if family planning health workers — when…
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completedInnovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH)
Improving maternal and child survival in Kibale and Hoima districts through strengthened community-health facility linkages and health service delivery
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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 :
Newsletter: Top moments of 2016
In 2016, we continued to help improve lives in Africa and Asia through sustainable, evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote child and maternal health with the support of…
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completedScaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact
Scaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact
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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: Project brief :
Integrated community case management in Kebbi and Niger states
The integrated community case management project aims to provide malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia curative services for children under five by community health volunteers in the most marginalised and…
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Resources: Project report :
Making connections: The Mbale malaria control project strengthens links between communities and health systems to reduce child deaths
This report showcases the impact of our Mbale malaria control project through the voices of implementers and beneficiaries. The project ran between 2011 and 2015, and aimed to contribute to the…
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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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Videos :
Disease Control: Malaria and NTDs - Malaria Consortium at 10
In February 2014, Malaria Consortium hosted a 10th anniversary symposium to celebrate a decade helping to manage communicable diseases and improve child health among the most vulnerable and…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Community dialogues for child health: Results from a process evaluation in three countries
Community dialogues are a powerful approach to make health promotion activities more participatory and effective in addressing social norms around childcare practices. This brief discusses community…
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completedProgramme Cooperation Agreement with Government of Uganda
The ICCM Central Project reduced under five child mortality by supporting the implementation of an effective and replicable community based treatment system for childhood malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea…
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Resources: Project brief :
Uganda: ICCM Central
This project in Uganda's Central region aims to reduce under five child mortality and improve maternal and newborn health through the provision of integrated community case management.
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Resources: Journal article :
Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection
Abstract The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and life threatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. Thus, the study randomly…
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Resources: Journal article :
Costs and effects of two public sector delivery channels for long-lasting insecticidal nets in Uganda
Abstract In Uganda, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) have been predominantly delivered through two public sector channels: targeted campaigns or routine antenatal care (ANC) services. Their…