733 items related to 'SDGs'
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Experiences from developing and upgrading a web-based surveillance system for malaria elimination in Cambodia
Abstract Strengthening the surveillance component is key toward achieving country-wide malaria elimination in Cambodia. A web-based upgraded malaria information system (MIS) was deemed to essentially…
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Community dialogues for child health: Results from a qualitative process evaluation in three countries
Background Across the developing world, countries are increasingly adop ting the integrated community casemanagement of childhood illnesses (iCCM) strategy in efforts to reduce child mortality. This…
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Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: Community health workers’ and national stakeholders’ differing perspectives of new and existing aids
Background Pneumonia heavily contributes to global under-five mortality. Many countries use community case management to detect and treat childhood pneumonia. Community health workers (CHWs) have…
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Resources: Project report :
inFocus: Trans-border malaria programme Cambodia
Since 2015, Malaria Consortium, Raks Thai Foundation and Population Services Khmer have been working together to strengthen early detection and treatment of malaria through surveillance in Thailand…
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Resources: Newsletter :
World Malaria Day newsletter
Tuesday 25 April marked the 11th annual World Malaria Day. In support, Malaria Consortium ran a seven day campaign highlighting our achievements in the fight against malaria, the cost-effectiveness…
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Resources: Newsletter :
ACCESS-SMC April 2017 newsletter
ACCESS-SMC's impact in the fight against malaria has led to seasonal malaria chemoprevention becoming a key intervention in eligible countries' national malaria control strategic plans. Preparation…
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Travel and the emergence of high-level drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in southwest Uganda: Results from a population-based study
Background The I164L mutation on the dhfr gene confers high level resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) but it is rare in Africa except in a cluster of reports where prevalence >10% in…
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Insecticide resistance patterns in Uganda and the effect of indoor residual spraying with bendiocarb on kdr L1014S frequencies in Anopheles gambiae s.s.
Background Resistance of malaria vectors to pyrethroid insecticides has been attributed to selection pressure from long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and the use…
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Progress in scale-up of SMC in the Sahel
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Resources: Newsletter :
April newsletter
This month marked World Health Worker Week and World Health Day. To commemorate these occasions, we reflected on community health workers and their role in extending healthcare to millions of people…
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Videos :
Malaria Consortium 2017
Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Informing policy and practice to improve quality of care for malaria in pregnancy in Uganda
Which activities supported the uptake of results from an operational research study that explored the barriers to achieving high coverage of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy…
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Resources: Research brief :
Strengthening service delivery for malaria in pregnancy: A mobile health pilot intervention in West Nile, Uganda
To address key barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp), Malaria Consortium developed a pilot intervention that trained health workers on malaria in…
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting government to control malaria in Uganda
The USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts aims to strengthen the government’s capacity to design, plan and monitor malaria control activities.
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Acceptability of insecticide-treated clothing for malaria prevention among migrant rubber tappers in Myanmar: A cluster-randomised non-inferiority crossover trial
Background Insecticide-treated clothing (ITC) has long been used for military and outdoor recreational purposes and there is substantial evidence to show that it can protect against arthropod…
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Resources: Project brief :
Transitional, enhanced, accessible malaria surveillance
This project aims to strengthen Myanmar's surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation systems to help the country meet its malaria elimination objectives. After developing a new malaria surveillance…
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Fighting NTDs: Five years later, five years closer
On the 5th Anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs, Malaria Consortium looks back on some of our favourite moments in the fight against NTDs.
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Resources: Annual review :
Malaria Consortium strategy 2015–2019
To achieve our mission, Malaria Consortium will work with partners — including all levels of government — to improve the lives of all in Africa and Asia, especially the poorest and most marginalised.…
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Protocol film: Implementing a trial to evaluate pneumonia diagnostic devices
To note that subsequent to development of this film, some terms have changed and this is now how they are referred to in all associated project literature: - Accuracy evaluation = Performance…
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60-second learning: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostics
A 60-second introduction to Malaria Consortium's new learning paper: Evaluating pneumonia diagnostic aids. Kevin Baker, pneumonia diagnostics programme coordinator, presents. Diagnosing pneumonia can…