254 items related to 'SBC'
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The effect of single or repeated home visits on the hanging and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets following a mass distribution campaign: A cluster randomized, controlled trial
Background The study objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of commonly used post-campaign hang-up visits on the hanging and use of campaign nets. Methods A cluster-randomized trial was…
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Resources: Poster :
Improving uptake of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Uganda through a multipronged communication approach
This poster was presented at the 14th World Congress on Public Health in February 2015 and describes Malaria Consortium's multifaceted communications approach used when introducing malaria rapid…
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Resources: Infographic :
Schistosomiasis: Knowledge, attitudes and practices in Nampula province, Mozambique
This infographic visualises people's knowledge and perceptions of schistosomiasis — a neglected tropical disease that is highly endemic in Nampula province in Mozambique. It demonstrates the need to…
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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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Resources: Project report :
Pioneer project 2009–2014: A holistic systems strengthening approach towards malaria control in midwestern Uganda
Between 2009 and 2014, Malaria Consortium aimed to reduce the number of malaria cases and deaths in midwestern Uganda by supporting the Ministry of Health and national malaria programmes through the…
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Muhammad Shafique at JITMM 2013 - Positive deviance for improved malaria outcomes in Myanmar
At the joint international tropical medicine meeting, held in Bangkok in December 2013, Malaria Consortium hosted a symposium on resistance and elimination in the region. 'Taking the resistance out…
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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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Linking the community to health systems - 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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Positive deviance: an innovative approach to improve malaria outcomes
2014 Malaria Consortium Progress Symposium, Phnom Penh Cambodia Despite real progress towards malaria elimination in this part of Asia, the Greater Mekong Sub-region continues to face the worrying…
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Resources: Journal article :
“We are supposed to take care of it”: A qualitative examination of care and repair behaviour of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in Nasarawa state, Nigeria
This study provides valuable insights into the perceptions and attitudes of users of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Nasarawa, Nigeria, on net durability, care and repair.
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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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Resources: Project brief :
Community dialogues for prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases
This Project Brief describes a study that aims to assess the effectiveness of the community dialogues approach in enhancing community participation and improving knowledge and practices for the…
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Resources: Poster :
Positive Deviance: An innovative approach to improve malaria prevention and treatment practices among mobile and migrant workers in Cambodia
Reaching mobile and migrant populations is one of the key strategies in the containment and elimination of artemisinin resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Positive Deviance (PD) is an…
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Resources: Project report :
Workshop to consolidate lessons learned on BCC and mobile/migrant populations in the strategy to contain artemisinin resistant malaria
BCC and IEC interventions play a key role in reducing the incidence of malaria. In both Thailand and Cambodia, a number of innovative approaches have been developed targeting mobile and migrant…
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Resources: Project report :
Summary from the technical workshop on cross border IEC/behaviour change communication strategies to contain artemisinin resistant malaria
There is evidence for the emergence of artemisinin resistance along the Cambodia Thailand border area. In recognition of this worrying situation as a global emergency, the World Health Organization…
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Resources: Project brief :
Fostering a culture of malaria control in Uganda
This project brief describes a Malaria Consortium project in Tororo district, Uganda, which aims to reduce malaria mortality and morbidity by fostering a culture of malaria control at community and…
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Resources: Project report :
NetWorks project vector control assessment in Greater sub-Mekong Region
Malaria Consortium was commissioned by NetWorks, a five-year project funded by the President's Malaria Initiative, to conduct a rapid appraisal of the malaria prevention strategies in three…
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium 2003-2013: a decade in communicable disease control and child health
Malaria Consortium was founded in 2003 by a small team of people with a vision - to build the capacity of malaria-endemic countries worldwide to deal with a common and treatable disease that was…
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Resources: Project brief :
Positive deviance pilot
This project brief describes a study to pilot an innovative positive deviance approach in order to increase health knowledge and improve attitudes and practice around malaria in high-risk communities…
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Resources: Project brief :
Rapid Access Expansion 2015 (RAcE 2015)
This brief descirbes the project RAcE 2015 which aims to improve access to and the quality of community-level management of childhood malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in Niger state, Nigeria,…