101 items related to 'Policy development'
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Resources: Project report :
Monitoring and improving inpatient malaria case management and health systems readiness in hospitals in Nigeria
Malaria Consortium supported the implementation of new guidelines for the management of severe malaria cases in Nigeria through health systems strengthening activities.
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Resources: Case study :
Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine on essential drugs list for preventing malaria in pregnancy
USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts influences the Government of Uganda, via the Ministry of Health, to take important steps in improving provision of SP (sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine) – an…
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Resources: Annual review :
Trustees’ report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2020
Malaria Consortium's Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year which ended 31 March 2020.
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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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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting community health workers in Mozambique to respond to COVID-19: Adapting the upSCALE digital platform
We made technological adaptations to Mozambique's existing upSCALE digital platform to support health workers' ability to respond to the pandemic.
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Videos :
An introduction to the ARIDA project
The ARIDA project aims to introduce automated respiratory rate counting aids for use by frontline health care workers in resource-limited community settings and health facilities. In this video, meet…
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Resources: Briefing note :
Using promotional materials for effective social and behaviour change communication
This briefing note discusses the merits and limitations of using information, education and communication materials or free promotional items to create and sustain behaviour change for a positive…
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Videos :
iCCM - Filling Health Care Gaps
Integrated community case management, or iCCM, forms an integral part of community based primary health care in less developed countries. It helps bridge the gap between the marginalised and the…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
For a smarter way to beat malaria in Africa we need a data revolution
To facilitate a smarter approach to fighting malaria, we need a data revolution in Africa in order to build the capabilities and capacity of malaria-endemic countries to collect, collate and use…
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Resources: Project brief :
ARIDA field trial: acceptability study
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project aims to evaluate community health workers’ and facility health workers’ use of respiratory rate counting aids on children under five in…
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Videos :
Pneumonia is preventable and treatable, but deadly
Malaria Consortium has been one of the leading implementers of community based primary healthcare programmes involving pneumonia diagnostics and treatment for over a decade. This includes the…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Vector control: The untapped potential for neglected tropical diseases
Nine of the 12 major diseases transmitted by vectors are classified as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Collectively, they account for nearly 300,000 deaths a year, yet vector control…
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Resources: Advocacy report :
Community-based primary healthcare: The key to unlocking health for all
Community-based primary healthcare (CBPHC) delivers a range of health services to hard-to-reach and under-served communities. It can be the mechanism through which universal health coverage can be…
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Videos :
Malaria Consortium 2017
Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among…
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Resources: Project brief :
Community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia in children
This project aims to determine the safety of community health worker management of chest indrawing pneumonia in African children.
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Resources: Advocacy report :
Racing against time: Protecting the gains achieved in malaria control against drug resistance
This special report is published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group and co-authored by Malaria Consortium. It highlights the growing threat of resistance to artemisinin combination therapies —…
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting the effective roll-out of dengue prevention and control guidelines in Myanmar
Malaria Consortium is working with the Ministry of Health in Myanmar to revise the country’s national dengue prevention and control guidelines. For the guidelines to have a positive effect on dengue…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
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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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Health system strengthening: A context-specific approach
This brief describes how Malaria Consortium strengthens health systems by supporting governments to evaluate the state of the existing health system and identify gaps, before working with those in…
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Resources: Technical brief :
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,…