733 items related to 'SDGs'
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Mobilizing communities for malaria prevention in rural Mozambique
In the northern Mozambique provinces of Nampula and Niassa, the Malaria Prevention and Control project has trained community volunteers on essential malaria treatment and control practices and…
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upSCALE: A digital health system strengthening approach for improved quality of care at community level and for passive case reporting for malaria surveillance
To improve the quality of care community health workers (CHWs) in Mozambique provide, Malaria Consortium developed the upSCALE platform in 2013, together with the Ministry of Health and Unicef. The…
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What has changed? Community level perspectives on malaria prevention and control efforts in Mozambique
This presentation was given at the 7th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Conference in Dakar, Senegal in April 2018.
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Scaling up community involvement for malaria prevention and control in Mozambique
The Malaria Prevention and Control Project (2011-2017) aimed to reduce the number of malaria-related cases by improving the population’s knowledge of malaria, and promoting the uptake of effective…
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Continuous long-lasting insecticidal net distribution through antenatal care facilities and primary schools
Combining antenatal care facilities and primary schools as channels for continuous long-lasting insecticidal net distribution (LLIN) can help maintain high LLIN coverage at the community level in…
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Co-implementation of malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in schools in Nigeria
In 2013, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health launched a National Malaria Strategic Plan and a National NTD Master Plan to achieve pre-elimination of NTDs by 2020. While much progress has been made since,…
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Assessing the usability of a national guideline on malaria-lymphatic filariasis co-implementation in Nigeria
This presentation argues that the roles and responsibilities of team members need to be delineated more clearly to improve the malaria-lymphatic filariasis co-implementation in Nigeria. It was…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
For a smarter way to beat malaria in Africa we need a data revolution
To facilitate a smarter approach to fighting malaria, we need a data revolution in Africa in order to build the capabilities and capacity of malaria-endemic countries to collect, collate and use…
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Resources: Journal article :
Universal versus conditional third day follow-up visit for children with nonsevere unclassified fever at the community level in Ethiopia: Protocol for a cluster randomized noninferiority trial
BackgroundUnder the World Health Organization’s integrated community case management strategy, febrile children seen by community health workers (on day one) without a diagnosable illness and without…
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Dengue knowledge, attitudes and practices and their impact on community-based vector control in rural Cambodia
BackgroundGlobally there are an estimated 390 million dengue infections per year, of which 96 million are clinically apparent. In Cambodia, estimates suggest as many as 185,850 cases annually. The…
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Resources: Research brief :
Research learning tool
Research is central to Malaria Consortium’s work and essential to improving health and health care delivery. We conduct research in a range of locations, transmission settings and health systems to…
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Resources: Project brief :
Community dialogues for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases
This project aims to improve knowledge of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases and promote the uptake of effective prevention and control practices at the community level using a community…
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Resources: Project brief :
ARIDA field trial: acceptability study
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project aims to evaluate community health workers’ and facility health workers’ use of respiratory rate counting aids on children under five in…
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Resistance of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations to Deltamethrin, Permethrin, and Temephos in Cambodia
Background Dengue fever is a major public health issue in Cambodia, with over 185,000 cases estimated annually. Transmission occurs primarily through the Aedis aegypti vector, which favours…
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Resources: Newsletter :
Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship in entomology enrolments are complete
The Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship has seen Malaria Consortium partner with three universities to fund a new generation of entomologists in studying the subject at a graduate level. This newsletter…
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Improving mother and child survival through a community-led approach
This film explores the innovative aspects of the Comic Relief-funded iCCM MaCS project and makes the case for scaling it up, both across Uganda and to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with…
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Resources: Newsletter :
A catalyst project comes to an end
Through ACCESS-SMC — a three-year UNITAID-funded project — Malaria Consortium and Catholic Relief Services supported National Malaria Control Programmes to scale up access to seasonal malaria…
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Gassara’s story: “Health systems risk being overwhelmed by malaria if seasonal malaria chemoprevention is discontinued.”
This case study from Chad highlights the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention. Through ACCESS-SMC — a three-year UNITAID-funded project — Malaria Consortium and Catholic Relief Services…
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VOX Burkina Faso: A mother talks about how SMC has affected her family
Malaria Consortium worked with the Burkina Faso National Malaria Control Programme to introduce seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to communities in the Sahel region. In this VOX (Voices of…
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VOX Burkina Faso: A community health worker talks about distributing SMC
Malaria Consortium worked with the Burkina Faso National Malaria Control Programme to introduce seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to communities in the Sahel region. In this VOX (Voices of…