42 Blog items related to 'SBC'
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Thought leadership :
It takes a village to end malaria — and behavioural science can guide it
Malaria Consortium's Chief Executive James Tibenderana shares his thoughts on the need to harness behavioural science insights to reach malaria elimination.
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Moving from insight to action: Seven key takeaways from the 2024 RBM Partnership to End Malaria SBC Meeting
Social and behaviour change (SBC) strategies are essential for translating health insights into impactful interventions, especially in the fight against malaria. The 11th RBM Partnership to End…
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Q&A :
Q&A with our experts: SDG 3 progress on maternal and child health
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place in New York from 8 to 17 July 2024. This annual gathering brought together world leaders, policymakers and stakeholders to…
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Story :
Fatema's story: Shifting gender-biased norms in Bangladesh with a community dialogue approach
In Bangladesh, community engagement interventions are empowering women to address the contextual drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — the development of resistance by bacteria to commonly used…
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International Women's Day 2024: Seven ways to make health programmes gender intentional
To successfully reduce the gender equity gap in healthcare, we need to be gender intentional in our health programming. This means identifying and understanding gender inequalities, gender-based…
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How can we leverage social and behaviour change to make malaria history?
As the team from Malaria Consortium interacted with over 130 delegates at the 2023 RBM Partnership to End Malaria Social and Behaviour Change Working Group meeting in Abidjan under the topic…
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Meet the women providing a lifeline for care in the community in Cameroon
Globally, over 70 percent of health and social sector workers are women, and in areas with a shortage of formal health workers, women make up a significant proportion of community health workers…
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Women in science
Since 2016, every 11th February has marked International Day of Women and Girls in Science. With less than 30 percent of the world's researchers being women, this global day of action focuses…
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Where do we go next with social and behaviour change communication?
From 5 to 9 December, the Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit 2022 in Marrakesh, Morocco, saw the coming together of over 1,800 SBCC professionals to reflect on our experiences…
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Top reads of 2022
2022 was a busy year at Malaria Consortium! Thanks to our supporters, we were able to work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to…
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Promoting better health through participatory dialogues in Cameroon
Ekondo Titi - a district in the Southwest region of Cameroon, accessible only by boat and difficult dirt roads - has a high rate of malaria. Here, access to healthcare and essential information on…
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Advancing the conversation on SMC at ASTMH 2022
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Annual Meeting is one of the world’s most important meetings of global health practitioners, researchers and funders. While the rainy…
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Photo story :
Photo story: Learning exchange shares institutional capacity to respond to rising arbovirus threat in Africa
From 31 October to 5 November 2022, as part of the Resistance Against Future Threats (RAFT) project through Vector Control, funded by UK aid, Malaria Consortium hosted a learning exchange with…
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ASTMH 2022: Transforming health through innovation
In the third and final instalment of our ASTMH blog series, we explore the need to prioritise innovation in public health programming to optimise the impact of interventions and help ensure more…
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ASTMH 2022: The power of partnerships to optimise health outcomes
In the first instalment of our American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene's Annual Meeting (ASTMH) series this year, we're highlighting the powerful role of partnerships in delivering…
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Photo story :
Photo story: Reducing childhood morbidity and mortality caused by common illness in Uganda
In Kole - a district in northern Uganda - village health teams (VHTs) provide essential health services primarily for children under five. Malaria is a leading cause of death across the country, with…
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Eliminating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Around 15 years ago, worrying news from Asia made international headlines. There was evidence that new strains of the malaria parasite were developing resistance to artemisinin-derivatives. Used in…
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Sustaining reductions in malaria incidence rates in Uganda: A six-month analysis
Malaria burden in mid-northern Uganda Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda, particularly among children under five who do not have access to good quality health…
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Vaccine hesitancy: a key consideration for successful uptake of malaria vaccine
Whilst the COVID-19 vaccine was developed in an unprecedented timeframe, it has taken combined efforts, spanning 30 years, for a malaria vaccine to reach the potential for wide-scale distribution. In…
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Photo story :
Photo story: Eliminating malaria in Cambodia
Cambodia has achieved significant levels of malaria reduction but local, mobile and migrant populations in rural areas still lack access to malaria services. Through the Regional Artemisinin…