507 items related to 'Research'
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium strategy 2015–2019
To achieve our mission, Malaria Consortium will work with partners — including all levels of government — to improve the lives of all in Africa and Asia, especially the poorest and most marginalised.…
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completedTranslating Research Into Action
In Ethiopia, integrated community case management (iCCM) is a key strategy for the Ministry of Health to address cases of malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and other illnesses within remote communities…
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Resources: Poster :
The correlation between the Premise Condition Index and the presence of adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Kampong Cham, Cambodia
This poster was presented at the2016 Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting and looks at the association between the overall Premise Condition Index score and the presence of adult female…
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Resources: Poster :
Dengue control in Cambodia: Community acceptance and sustainability of guppy fish, pyriproxyfen, and social and behaviour change activities
This poster was presented at the 2016 Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting and examines the reception of three different vector control methods in Cambodia: guppy fish, a new controlled…
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Resources: Presentation :
Testing the insecticide susceptibility of four Aedes aegypti field populations in Cambodia
This presentation was given during the 2016 Dengue Integrated Vector Management Project Dissemination Workshop. It examines methods of testing the insecticide susceptibility of four Aedes aegypti…
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Videos :
Positive Deviance - an innovative approach to improve malaria outcomes in Myanmar
Malaria Consortium is implementing an innovative project that will pilot positive deviance in six villages of Kyunsu Township, in Kadan Kyun -- the largest island in the Mergui Archipelago and a…
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Resources: Project brief :
Acute respiratory infection diagnostic aids field trial: Controlled accuracy study
The Acute Repiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project will evaluate community health workers' use of automated respiratory rate counting aids on children under five in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Poster :
Determining the efficacy of larvivorous fish, community engagement and SumiLarv® 2MR on dengue vectors in Cambodia
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses the effectiveness of different dengue vector control methods in Cambodia, based on a…
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Resources: Research brief :
Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda
This research brief evaluates the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) in areas of medium or high malaria transmission. IPTp is typically provided as part of the focused…
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Resources: Poster :
Performance of selected respiratory rate timers for the detection of symptoms of pneumonia in children at the community level
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses the pneumonia diagnostics, which aimed to identify the most accurate and acceptable…
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Resources: Journal article :
Pneumococcal carriage in children under five years in Uganda: Will present pneumococcal conjugate vaccines be appropriate?
Background Pneumonia is the major cause of death in children globally, with more than 900,000 deaths annually in children under five years of age. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes most deaths, most…
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Resources: Newsletter :
Malaria Consortium at the 65th American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations during the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting in Atlanta this year. We hope that you will be able to join…
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Resources: Newsletter :
World Pneumonia Day to be marked Saturday 12 November
World Pneumonia Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the world's leading infectious killer of children under the age of five. Malaria Consortium is committed to the reduction of pneumonia…
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Resources: Presentation :
Progress towards universal access to pneumonia treatment
This presentation was given at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It analyses how early identification and treatment of pneumonia saves lives, as well as how…
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Resources: Poster :
Joining the halves: A private-public partnership to make routine health reporting attractive to private sector providers in Uganda
This poster was presented at the 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference. It discusses a study that aimed to enhance the cooperation of public and private health sectors…
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Resources: Learning paper :
Evaluating pneumonia diagnostic aids
Malaria Consortium’s pneumonia diagnostics project aimed to identify the most accurate, acceptable, scalable and user-friendly respiratory rate timers and pulse oximeters to help community health…
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Resources: Journal article :
The use of formative research to inform the design of a seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention in northern Nigeria
Background Experience of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is growing in the Sahel sub-region of Africa, though there remains insufficient evidence to recommend a standard deployment strategy.…
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Resources: Journal article :
An optimised age-based dosing regimen for single low-dose primaquine for blocking malaria transmission in Cambodia
Background In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended the addition of single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg base/kg body weight) to artemisinin combination therapies to block the…
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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: Presentation :
Positive deviance: An innovative approach to improve malaria outcomes
This presentation was prepared for the Roll Back Malaria Communication Community of Practice call. It discusses Malaria Consortium's experience in implementing a positive deviance approach in the…