731 items related to 'SDGs'
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Integrated community case management of fever in children under five using rapid diagnostic tests and respiratory rate counting: A multi-country cluster randomized trial
This effectiveness trial, conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Uganda, compared a diagnostic and treatment package for malaria and pneumonia with presumptive treatment with antimalarial drugs.
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Community acceptability and adoption of integrated community case management in Uganda
Integrated community case management programmes require community sensitisation and targeted health systems strengthening to functioning optimally and enhance benefits such as reduced child mortality.
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Innovative Malaria M&E, Research and Surveillance towards Elimination
This project brief describes a project to improve malaria programming implementation in the Greater Mekong Subregion and build an evidence platform capable of developing and evaluating operational…
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Positive deviance pilot
This project brief describes a study to pilot an innovative positive deviance approach in order to increase health knowledge and improve attitudes and practice around malaria in high-risk communities…
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Rapid Access Expansion 2015 (RAcE 2015)
This brief descirbes the project RAcE 2015 which aims to improve access to and the quality of community-level management of childhood malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in Niger state, Nigeria,…
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Perceived quality of care for common childhood illnesses: Facility versus community based providers in Uganda
Quality of care provided by community health workers is perceived to be higher than that of primary health facility workers in Uganda.
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Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda
This project studied demand and supply side barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). Based on the findings of the formative research, an intervention was…
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Mobile health (mHealth) approaches and lessons for increased performance and retention of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries: A review
This study conducted a thematic review of how mHealth projects have approached the intersection of cellular technology and public health in low- and middle-income countries.
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A study of community management of pneumonia in Zambia
This project aims to provide evidence on the rational use of antibiotics at the community health worker and caregiver levels. It also intends to give an indication of the extent to which integrated…
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The cost of antibiotic mass drug administration for trachoma control in a remote area of South Sudan
To inform budgeting to scale up control of trachoma and other NTDs relying on large-scale mass drug administration, this study set out to determine the cost per person treated when antibiotics were…
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Targeting trachoma control through risk mapping: The example of southern Sudan
This study sought to develop maps to help target the available resources for trachoma surveys and interventions in southern Sudan to areas where they are most needed, thereby improving programme…