731 items related to 'SDGs'
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Zaida's story: The digital app making it easier to deliver healthcare to her community
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Q&A with our experts: SDG 3 progress on maternal and child health
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing malaria morbidity in infants through perennial malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria
The PMC Effect study is assessing the clinical effectiveness and operational feasibility of perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) with the aim of supporting its uptake into national policy and…
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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 :
Zaida's story: The digital app making it easier to deliver healthcare to her community
In the Morrumbene district of Mozambique, Zaida, a community health worker — known locally as an agente polivalente de saúde or APS for short — is on the frontlines of improving access to healthcare.
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UK urged to address global health inequity exacerbated by COVID-19
The UK Government has historically played a leading role in its commitment to reducing the global burden of disease and strengthening health systems to provide equitable access to healthcare.…
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Scaling up key interventions could halve pneumonia-related childhood mortality
New research finds that increasing the coverage of four pneumonia interventions to at least 90 percent from 2023 until 2030 could prevent half of the predicted deaths from pneumonia of children under…
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UK White Paper on International Development: Can it turn the tide on slipping global health targets?
- The unveiling of the UK Government's new White Paper on International Development at the end of last year was much anticipated.
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Resources: Journal article :
Major gaps in childhood pneumonia research priorities remain
Funders of infectious disease research must turn their focus to identified pneumonia research priorities in order to work towards the Sustainable Development Goal for child survival.
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Renewed calls for investment in new pneumonia research priorities to reduce child deaths
Following the latest review of childhood pneumonia research funding, a new letter published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine today calls on infectious disease research funders to increase the…
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Blog :
Artificial intelligence among innovations supporting improved pneumonia diagnosis
Research has a huge role to play in finding innovative ways to defeat pneumonia, the world's leading infectious cause of death in children. Despite being preventable and treatable, pneumonia is…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
From steps to solutions: Advancing podoconiosis prevention and control in Ethiopia
We aim to work with key stakeholders to accelerate the control of podoconiosis by creating universal access to better quality preventive measures and healthcare.
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Resources: Presentation :
Rapid assessments for the deployment of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in new geographies of East and southern Africa
A rapid assessment will estimate the effectiveness, chemoprevention efficacy, potential deployment impact, acceptability and feasibility of seasonal malaria chemoprevention using SPAQ in new…
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Resources: Presentation :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention effectiveness in Northern Mozambique: Results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial
After adjusting for relevant variables on an intention-to-treat basis, seasonal malaria chemoprevention with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine effectively prevented clinical malaria in…
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Resources: Presentation :
Malaria in older children and adolescents and the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school-aged children
Studies were conducted in Burkina Faso and Uganda to determine the malaria burden in school-age children and evaluate the implementation feasibility, efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of…
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Resources: Presentation :
Chemoprevention options from seasonal malaria chemoprevention non-eligible areas: Experiences from Nigeria
Following the development of a malaria stratification map for Nigeria, a study is being carried out to assess the impact and operational feasibility of perennial malaria chemoprevention in Osun state.
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Resources: Presentation :
Opportunities for learning through a community of practice: How flexible and adaptable guidelines create opportunities for learning and rapid improvement in implementation
A community of practice for perennial malaria chemoprevention will enable countries to share experiences and learn from one another and avoid duplication of efforts.
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Resources: Presentation :
A cluster randomised controlled non-inferiority trial to assess the protective effectiveness of SPAQ and DP for SMC among children 3–59 months, in the context of high parasite resistance, Karamoja region
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SPAQ) and dihydroartemisinin piperaquine (DP) were both highly effective at preventing clinical malaria in eligible children during the high transmission…
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Resources: Annual review :
20 years of impact: Saving lives, transforming communities
On this, the 20th anniversary of Malaria Consortium, we reflect on the journey so far and provide insights into what we have achieved and how we seek to address the key challenges that remain.
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Resources: Technical brief :
Paving the way for universal health coverage
To help ensure our programmatic efforts continue to progress UHC in the countries in which we work, we have developed a dedicated action plan and a country assessment tool for UHC.