213 items related to 'Treatment'
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Untapped potential: Integrating neglected tropical diseases into primary healthcare
We believe that primary healthcare is essential to manage and, ultimately, eliminate neglected tropical diseases.
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Resources: Learning brief :
Pioneering the Boma Health Initiative
In 2016, the government launched its flagship strategy, the Boma Health Initiative, to tackle childhood illnesses and achieve universal health coverage.
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Videos :
Strengthening Uganda's response to malaria
Malaria Consortium, in partnership with UNICEF, is supporting the Ministry of Health to implement a project funded by UK aid (from the UK government) in 25 districts in mid-northern Uganda, to…
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Resources: Case study :
Moe Ma Ma Aye's story
Moe Ma Ma Aye is a malaria volunteer in Daj phan kon village in Kawlin township in northwest Myanmar’s Sagaing region, read her testimony.
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Resources: Case study :
Daw Wint Wint Soe and Daw Mar Mar Aung's story
Read the testimonies of Daw Wint Wint Soe and Daw Mar Mar Aung, who are health assistants working in the Pinlebu township in Sagaing region, Myanmar.
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Resources: Research brief :
Improving access to treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria
With training and supportive supervision, low-literate community health workers were mostly able to identify and treat cases of acute malnutrition in under-fives.
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Resources: Project brief :
Reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria
We support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver interventions that are designed to develop capacity around reporting and case management.
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Resources: Poster :
Expanding the health system into the forest: Analysis of and response to the challenge of providing malaria services inside forest areas within the Greater Mekong Subregion in the context of malaria elimination
Malaria incidence in Cambodia is decreasing and transmission is increasingly confined to forest areas. However, nearly all prevention and treatment funds are being invested in villages far from…
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Resources: Poster :
Using the collaborative quality improvement approach to increase adherence to the test, treat, and track malaria case management framework: Experiences from 10 health facilities in Uganda
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. In an effort to reduce the country’s malaria burden, the Ministry of Health incorporated a number of World Health Organization…
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Resources: Poster :
Community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children in Nigeria
Current recommendations advise community health workers to refer cases of chest indrawing pneumonia to health facilities for treatment, but many children die due to delays or non-compliance with…
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Resources: Poster :
Can community health workers in Ethiopia correctly assess under-fives for symptoms of pneumonia using a new respiratory rate diagnostic aid?
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aid (ARIDA) acceptability study aims to understand if health extension workers in Ethiopia can correctly adhere to integrated community case management…
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Resources: Poster :
Community engagement and mobilisation of local resources to support integrated community case management activities in Niger state, Nigeria
Despite strong evidence that integrated community case management (iCCM) can reduce childhood illness related morbidity and mortality, the sustainability of iCCM projects remains a challenge. From…
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Resources: Insight brief :
Maternal and newborn care: Saving premature babies in Uganda
As part of the Integrated Community Case Management-Maternal and Child Survival (iCCM-MaCS) project, Malaria Consortium provided formal health facilities in Uganda with incubators and established the…
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Resources: Journal article :
Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014.
Background Investigating the effect of successive annual deworming rounds on the spatiotemporal distribution of infection prevalence and numbers at risk for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) can…
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Resources: Journal article :
Human and Simian Malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion and Challenges for Elimination
In recent years malaria initiatives have increasingly shifted from malaria control to a focus on achieving malaria elimination in the Southeast Asia region. However, this region experiences unique…
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Resources: Poster :
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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Resources: Poster :
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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Resources: Poster :
Effect of a community-based intervention on improving care-seeking behaviour for sick children under five in hard-to-reach communities in Niger state, Nigeria
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses ways to increase access to diagnosis, treatment and referrals for malaria, pneumonia…
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Resources: Poster :
Health worker and policy maker perspectives on use of intramuscular artesunate for pre-referral and definitive treatment of severe malaria at health posts in Ethiopia
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses the perspectives of health workers and policy makers on the use of intramuscular…
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Resources: Poster :
Determining the capability of family planning workers to deliver malaria case management in communities in Bandarban, Bangladesh
This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Conference 2017. It discusses a pilot study implemented to determine if family planning health workers — when…