256 items related to 'SBC'
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Malaria Consortium and COVID-19: Prioritising public health
We have lived with the reality of COVID-19 as a global pandemic for over 12 months and it has been a year of intense public health efforts. As Malaria Consortium remains committed to disease burden…
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Resources: Case study :
Educating communities on malaria and COVID-19 prevention through radio messages
Zenebech and her family live in Boloso Sore district, Ethiopia, where our project aims to ensure health messages are accessible to all community members.
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One woman's impact in the fight against malaria
Twinomugisa is a primary school teacher in Hoima district. She and her family struggled for many years with an ongoing cycle of malaria infection that would prevent her from going to work and impact…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets during COVID-19
We implemented context-specific adaptions to ensure communities in Warrap state, South Sudan, continued to receive LLINs during the pandemic in 2020.
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Resources: Journal article :
Antibiotic practices among household members and their domestic animals within rural communities in Cumilla district, Bangladesh
This survey highlights the need for context-adapted interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use among humans and domestic animals in rural Bangladesh.
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Resources: Project brief :
Engaging teachers and students to control dengue in Myanmar
The My School project in Myanmar aims to assess the impact of integrated vector control and community-based participatory interventions in schools.
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Resources: Project brief :
Expanding mobile malaria services to hard-to-reach communities in northern Cambodia
We are supporting the continued delivery of effective malaria prevention and control services in Cambodia, especially to hard-to-reach communities.
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Can the near-eradication of polio give us hope in the fight against malaria?
Across history, humans have successfully eradicated only one disease — smallpox. Successful eradication was made easier given that the disease was easy to diagnose because there were no asymptomatic…
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Resources: Journal article :
COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs, prevention behaviours and misinformation in the context of an adapted seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in six northern Nigerian states
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our SMC delivery model to ensure safety of distributors, data collectors and communities.
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Resources: Presentation :
Rapid support of the COVID-19 response at community level in Mozambique through adapting the existing upSCALE digital health platform and telemedicine
We supported adaptations to the upSCALE platform, which allowed for essential insight into community health workers' knowledge gaps around COVID-19.
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Resources: Journal article :
Community health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: Learnings from an online cross-sectional survey using a digital health platform, UpSCALE, in Mozambique
Adapting the existing upSCALE platform enabled a better understanding of community health workers' knowledge around COVID-19 management.
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Q&A :
World Pneumonia Day 2020: Q&A with Dr Kevin Baker
12th November is World Pneumonia Day. This year, it takes place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which, in addition to its own impact on global health, is having a knock-on effect on…
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Perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of extending the delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to older children in Chad
Extending SMC to older children is widely considered acceptable.
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Resources: Poster :
Community-driven vector control for dengue prevention in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Simple, inexpensive, community-driven interventions, accompanied by effective uptake-support messaging, can lead to a strong reduction in dengue vector populations.
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Resources: Learning brief :
Mainstreaming gender and youth in malaria programming in Uganda
Malaria Consortium's USAID MAPD project explored the gender- and youth-related norms that might be hindering effective malaria control in Uganda.
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Blog :
The power of a role model in fighting disease
In communities where diseases like malaria and pneumonia are highly prevalent, small, positive changes in behaviour can make a huge difference to their prevention and control. But how are these…
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Resources: Presentation :
Extending seasonal malaria chemoprevention to five cycles: A feasibility and acceptability study in Cascades region, Burkina Faso
This presentation examines the feasibility and acceptability of extending SMC to five cycles in Burkina Faso.
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Resources: Presentation :
Co-implementing vitamin A supplementation with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Sokoto state, Nigeria: A feasibility study
This presentation explores the feasibility and acceptability of co-delivering vitamin A supplementation via the SMC campaign.
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Resources: Presentation :
Impact of socio-ecological systems and resilience (SESR)-based strategies on dengue vector control in schools and neighbouring household communities in Cambodia
This presentation was given at a dissemination workshop on the project 'Controlling vectors and engaging communities to prevent dengue in Cambodia'.
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What we can learn from COVID-19-led behaviour change in tackling our next greatest threat: the antimicrobial resistance crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has put behaviour change under the spotlight across the world. Every community touched by the virus has been forced to change their way of life. Where a person might have washed…