213 items related to 'Treatment'
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Resources: Case study :
Taking the fight against malaria from home to school
After receiving training from key influencers trained by USAID’s MAPD, school teacher Twinomugisa Harriet ensures her year two pupils are free from malaria.
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Resources: Case study :
Empowering youth to mobilise their communities in the fight against malaria: Swale’s story
Iyosiga Swale, a newly appointed young village health team member, continued to serve his community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tumuramye’s story about preventing malaria infection in his family
USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts in Uganda trained key influencers to use the ‘zooming in’ approach — a data-driven surveillance approach.
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Resources: Project brief :
Expanding mobile malaria services to hard-to-reach communities in northern Cambodia
We are supporting the continued delivery of effective malaria prevention and control services in Cambodia, especially to hard-to-reach communities.
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Blog :
Publication snapshot of 2020
We have produced over 60 new publications covering a wide range of Malaria Consortium’s activities this year. From advocacy briefs to capacity and position statements, these are just a small…
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Videos :
upSCALE depoimento / upSCALE testimonials
Portuguese E no presente video temos o testemunho dos membros da comunidade sobre a importância e o impacto do upSCALE na melhoria dos serviços prestados pelos APEs na…
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Q&A :
World Pneumonia Day 2020: Q&A with Dr Kevin Baker
12th November is World Pneumonia Day. This year, it takes place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which, in addition to its own impact on global health, is having a knock-on effect on…
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Resources: Poster :
Health workers’ malaria case management practices in south-central Uganda, 2017–2019
Capacity development interventions supported Ugandan health workers to improve their management of malaria, even during upsurges.
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Blog :
How mosquitoes adapt to, and are shaped by, human interventions: A niche construction perspective
Leaving our mark Humans have been called the greatest modern ecosystem engineers, regularly constructing, adapting and even destroying habitats to build their homes. Like many organisms, we seek to…
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Videos :
upSCALE tácnicos de saúde / upSCALE health technicians
Portuguese Entre 2009 e 2016, a Malaria Consortium (MC) desenvolveu e testou um aplicativo de telefone celular interactivo chamado inSCALE para melhorar a qualidade do atendimento prestado pelos…
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Resources: Research brief :
Co-implementing vitamin A supplementation with seasonal malaria chemoprevention: A pilot implementation study in Sokoto state, Nigeria
Our pilot implementation study in Nigeria successfully delivered vitamin A supplementation to children under five using the existing SMC campaign.
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Digital health at the forefront of the community response in Mozambique amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Malaria Consortium is rapidly adapting its existing digital platform, upSCALE, to better support health workers’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. The changes include a…
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Resources: Project brief :
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on malaria and other infectious diseases in Uganda: Understanding comorbidities
This project seeks to understand the burden of malaria, but also of TB and HIV/AIDS, among patients with COVID-19 to assess the potential interactions.
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: An essential health service for Nigeria
With global SMC stakeholders, we have developed infection prevention contingency measures for SMC that will greatly reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting community health workers in Mozambique to respond to COVID-19: Adapting the upSCALE digital platform
We made technological adaptations to Mozambique's existing upSCALE digital platform to support health workers' ability to respond to the pandemic.
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Story :
Imelda's story: From tragedy to a healthy future
Just off the Masaka to Kampala road lies Kyamuyimbwa, a town of 22,000. Imelda’s house sits along the main road, right in the middle of town. The road is busy and so when we arrive to speak to Imelda…
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Blog :
Malaria poses a serious risk to pregnant women. What can be done to protect them?
Malaria in pregnancy is a serious public health issue. It kills an estimated 10,000 women globally every year, and substantially raises the risk of premature birth, anaemia and low birth weight — all…
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Resources: Case study :
Working with communities in Ethiopia to prevent the spread of malaria
In Ethiopia, health extension workers and the Health Development Army are working with communities to prevent malaria.
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Resources: Case study :
Training health extension workers in Ethiopia to provide community-based malaria prevention
Read the stories of Elfinesh Goa and Mebrat Haile, health extension workers in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia.
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Resources: Position statement :
Antimicrobial resistance: A growing threat to global health
Antimicrobial resistance contributes to at least 700,000 deaths globally every year. Without urgent action, millions of lives are at risk and economies will suffer.