200 items related to 'MNCH'
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Mairo's mission to save lives: The matron improving outcomes for children with severe malaria
Photos by David Dawali Exodus This is Mairo, a matron at a hospital in Kano state, in northern Nigeria. She stands in the middle of the ward where is she is responsible, alongside a team of nurses,…
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Artificial intelligence among innovations supporting improved pneumonia diagnosis
Research has a huge role to play in finding innovative ways to defeat pneumonia, the world's leading infectious cause of death in children. Despite being preventable and treatable, pneumonia is…
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ASTMH Annual Meeting pinpoints research gaps to advance global health
In October 2023, Malaria Consortium participated in the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASMTH) in Chicago, USA. The conference brought together…
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Showcasing our SMC research at the ASTMH Annual Meeting 2023
This year, Malaria Consortium proudly marks its 20th anniversary. Since its inception in 2003, our organisation has collaborated with governments and partners across Africa and Asia focusing on…
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Resources: Annual review :
20 years of impact: Saving lives, transforming communities
On this, the 20th anniversary of Malaria Consortium, we reflect on the journey so far and provide insights into what we have achieved and how we seek to address the key challenges that remain.
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UN High level meeting puts spotlight on essential investments for universal health coverage
Today in New York during the United Nation (UN)’s 78th General Assembly, a High-level meeting (UN HLM) on universal health coverage (UHC) convened nations and stakeholders with a shared vision for…
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Integrated community case management
With vast experience in supporting iCCM initiatives across Africa and Asia, Malaria Consortium offers technical assistance to ministries of health to implement and improve their iCCM programmes.
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Accelerating introduction of life saving vaccines for children
Today, government representatives from Chad, Guinea, Somalia and South Sudan come together to take part in a pivotal workshop, co-convened by Malaria Consortium, that will support efforts to…
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Distributing antimalarial medicines to 25 million children: The supply chain step-by-step
Author's note: This blog is an update from the original article published in 2019. Since then, Malaria Consortium's SMC activities have grown from targeting six million children to 25 million…
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Child survival: African governments must show leadership
What defines good leadership in the context of African health programmes? Is it economic power, the ability to govern or provide oversight, or the determination to follow a plan and take…
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Usability of pulse oximeters used by community health and primary care workers as screening tools for severe illness in children under five in low resource settings
This cross-sectional study explores the usability of pulse-oximeters for community health and primary care workers in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Thousands more children will survive by increasing access to pulse oximetry
A new study, developed and implemented by a research team from Malaria Consortium, found that handheld pulse oximeter devices can be used in routine care settings to save lives among children under…
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Malaria Consortium Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, we are providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to develop and strengthen evidence-based strategies for child survival.
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Malaria Consortium launches rapid assessments project to help define the future of seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Malaria Consortium is conducting a new research project to carry out ‘rapid assessments’ in East and southern Africa to provide evidence on the suitability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)…
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Conducting rapid assessments to build the evidence base for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in new geographies
We are carrying out rapid assessments in up to five countries across East and southern Africa where SMC has not previously been delivered at scale.
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Institutionalising data ownership and data-informed decision-making for community health programmes in Mozambique
Integrating upSCALE into the Ministry of Health's surveillance systems will support data-driven decision-making for community health interventions.
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Milestones towards a malaria-free Uganda
The Supporting Uganda’s Malaria Reduction and Elimination Strategy project sets up integrated community case management to treat common childhood diseases.
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Prioritising the pneumonia and diarrhoea agenda in Ethiopia: Strengthening strategies for child survival
To target child survival at the community and health facility level, Ethiopia has adopted several programmatic strategies.
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Developing a digital data platform to support data-to-action decision-making
Programmes that aim to target disease control and improve health outcomes for populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often complex and multi-faceted and, as a result, it can…
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New modelling analysis helps answer questions about optimising use of perennial malaria chemoprevention and its use in combination with RTS,S
A new study using disease modelling – published last month in the Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including Northwestern University, Malaria Consortium, the National…