259 items related to 'Pneumonia'
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completediCCM-MaCS: Access to quality health service for childhood diseases and MNC in 14 districts of Uganda
Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) brings healthcare closer to communities by training members of Village Health Teams (VHTs) to assess symptoms and treat illnesses. It also reduces the need…
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The people behind Operation Health
Operation Health – Comic Relief’s initiative to refurbish a health facility with support from Malaria Consortium – has had widespread participation from the local community in Iyolwa, eastern Uganda.…
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New Malaria Consortium project will expand access to iCCM services across mid-western Uganda
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Comic Relief has awarded us a grant to run a new project in midwestern Uganda focusing on reducing deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria in…
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Red Nose Day 2015 marks the culmination of Operation Health project
London. Friday, March 13 – Today is Red Nose Day, marking the culmination of Comic Relief’s Operation Health project in Uganda. The project, which began nine weeks ago, saw the reconstruction and…
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Malaria Consortium supports Comic Relief's Operation Health campaign
Malaria Consortium is delighted to be part of Comic Relief’s main fundraising campaign for Red Nose Day this year - Operation Health, involving a major renovation of a dilapidated rural clinic in…
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World Pneumonia Day
Pneumonia is the biggest infectious killer of children under five in the world. Malaria Consortium works on a number of projects around the world that improve diagnosis and treatment for those who…
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Diagnosing pneumonia - determining the best tools for use in community settings
In early November, Malaria Consortium held a highly successful symposium on access to better diagnostic tools for pneumonia. Held at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene…
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Evaluating the accuracy and acceptability of pneumonia diagnostic tools for community health workers in low and middle income countries
This presentation was given at a Malaria Consortium symposium on improving pneumonia diagnosis in children during the 63rd annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference from 3–6…
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Malaria Consortium says every breath counts in its fight against pneumonia
London, 12 November 2014 - On this sixth annual World Pneumonia Day, Malaria Consortium and its partners are organising different events throughout the world to raise awareness on pneumonia, the…
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Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world's #1 infectious killer of children
Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia Press Release Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world’s #1 infectious killer of children On the sixth annual World…
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Mobile health approaches to improve motivation and performance of community health workers in Mozambique
This brief discusses the impact of the inSCALE APE CommCare mobile phone application on community health worker motivation, performance and retention, with the aim to increase the quality and…
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Find out how Malaria Consortium improves pneumonia diagnosis for children in rural communities
On 5 November Malaria Consortium will organise a Symposium at the ASTMH 63rd Annual Meeting. It will be an engaging discussion on the challenges and opportunities faced at community level in…
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ICCM in practice
Clare Strachan discusses lessons learnt from a participatory evaluation across three African countries (South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia).
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Welcome to - Sharing what works: Integrated Community Case Management
Dr Sylvia Meek opens the event on Integrated Community Case Management.
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Malaria Consortium - Community Dialogue
The Community Dialogue approach is a form of community mobilisation and empowerment process aimed at providing communities with information, skills and confidence to gain control over decisions about…
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Malaria Consortium at ASTMH
Malaria Consortium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans, November 3 - 6 Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 63rd annual…
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Village Health Teams - Saving Children's Lives in Uganda
The Malaria Consortium project behind this film - InSCALE - is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative that is looking at the critical need for community-based health volunteers in…
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inSCALE CommCare Application: Improving quality of care at all levels
The inSCALE project evaluates how the quality of health care provided by community health workers in Mozambique can be assessed and improved.
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Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uganda
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Agnes Nanyonjo, Research Officer in our Uganda office, has completed her doctoral thesis on 'Delivering health services to children through integrated…
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Community Case Management of Pneumonia in Zambia
Dr Kirstie Graham discusses factors that determine rational use of antibiotics.