733 items related to 'SDGs'
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Resources: Journal article :
Positive deviance as a novel tool in malaria control and elimination: methodology, qualitative assessment and future potential
Background Positive deviance (PD) is an asset-based, community-driven approach to behaviour change that has successfully been applied to address many health and social problems. It is yet to have…
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Exposure to deltamethrin affects development of Plasmodium falciparum inside wild pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes in Uganda
Background Pyrethroid resistance in African vector mosquitoes is a threat to malaria control. Resistant mosquitoes can survive insecticide doses that would normally be lethal. We studied effects of…
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Resources: Project report :
Support to National Malaria Programme 2008–2016
This report summarises the achievements of the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP), a UK aid-funded project working with the government and people of Nigeria to strengthen the national…
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Resources: Case study :
Support to National Malaria Programme: Stories of success
The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) project aimed to improve malaria outcomes and strengthen Nigeria’s health system, resulting in over 48,000 lives saved in 10 states. These stories…
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Resources: Project report :
Malaria control Nigeria: State fact sheets
This is a collection of fact sheets on the ten Nigerian states in which the Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) was implemented. Funded by UK aid, the project worked with the government…
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Resources: Presentation :
Using social and behaviour change communication to create a malaria control culture
This presentation was given at the first International Summit on Social and Behaviour Change Communication in February 2016. It discusses the results and lessons learnt from a project implemented in…
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Resources: Presentation :
Using social and behaviour change communication to create demand for mosquito nets in the private sector
This presentation was given at the first International Summit on Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) in February 2016. It discusses the results of a three-year project implemented by…
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Resources: Presentation :
Community dialogues for child health: Results from a qualitative process evaluation in three countries
This presentation was given at the first International Summit on Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) in February 2016. It discusses a process evaluation conducted to assess communities’…
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Resources: Training materials :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme start-up guide
This is a practical guide to planning, implementing and evaluating a sustainable seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme in northern Nigeria, targeting the Nigeria National and State Malaria…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Universal health coverage and malaria, neglected tropical diseases and child health
Universal health coverage (UHC) is central to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 and realising “healthy lives for all”. This advocacy brief outlines how UHC can be achieved and what is needed…
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Resources: Poster :
Characterisation of populations crossing formal and informal borders on the Cambodia-Laos border, including identification of malaria infection and artemisinin resistance infection
This poster was presented at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and shows the results of an ongoing cross sectional study conducted at seven informal and one official…
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Resources: Presentation :
Community-based systems for the detection, treatment and reporting of malaria cases in Myanmar: Landscaping exercise with implementing partner organisations
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses current village health volunteer management and data reporting procedures across all malaria…
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Resources: Presentation :
Efficacy of guppies, community engagement and pyriproxifen on dengue vectors in Cambodia: A cluster randomised trial
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy of three dengue interventions implemented over…
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Resources: Presentation :
Acceptability and protective efficacy of insecticide-treated clothing for outdoor malaria prevention among rubber tappers in Myanmar
This presentation was given at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 and discusses the initial results of a project in Myanmar that aims to to determine rubber plantation workers'…
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Resources: Journal article :
Impact of an integrated community case management programme on uptake of appropriate diarrhoea and pneumonia treatments in Uganda: A propensity score matching and equity analysis study
IntroductionFollowing introduction of iCCM, data from cross-sectional household surveys were examined for socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of treatment and use of iCCM among children with a…
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Resources: Journal article :
Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa
Abstract Community health worker (CHW) programmes are currently being scaled-up in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to healthcare. CHWs are often volunteers; from an economic perspective, this…
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Videos :
How Uganda tackles pneumonia, the world's #1 infectious killer
In Uganda, Malaria Consortium is working with the government and partners to improve child health through better diagnosis and treatment for pneumonia. Learn more about our work in integrated…
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Videos :
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: improving pneumonia diagnosis in the community
The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project is working to identify the most accurate and acceptable devices for use by frontline health workers in remote settings in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Resources: Annual review :
Annual review: Highlights of the year 2014–2015
In 2014–2015, we continued our work to reduce malaria deaths and incidence by helping governments tailor, innovate, adopt and apply interventions best suited to their needs. We also supported the…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated community case management in Kebbi and Niger states
The integrated community case management project aims to provide malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia curative services for children under five by community health volunteers in the most marginalised and…