369 items related to 'Vector control'
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Videos :
Beating malaria: mobilising support for a malaria-free future
Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a child every 30 seconds. Under the Millennium Development Goals, however, considerable progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing and treating malaria. As a…
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Resources: Technical brief :
Achievements in insecticide treated net ownership and use in Nigeria, and challenges in sustaining the gains
Nigeria has been implementing the long lasting insecticidal net intervention approach as a core malaria prevention strategy over the past decade. This brief presents the achievements and challenges,…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Malaria prevention through insecticide treated nets
Sleeping under an insecticide treated net is the most widely adopted preventive measure against malaria. It is effective because the female mosquito that transmits malaria only bites at night in most…
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Unprecedented net gains: the role of insecticidal treated nets in fighting malaria
Extending access, and increasing use, of mosquito nets amongst those most at risk from malaria – pregnant women and children under the age of five – has been a significant factor contributing to a…
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Dengue: a silent issue and a growing problem
Dengue is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world, spreading from nine countries to over one hundred in the past 50 years. The disease burden has grown from 15,000 cases per year…
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Resources: Project brief :
Trans-border malaria: Mapping high-risk populations and targeting hotspots with novel intervention packages
This project contributes to the control and elimination of P. falciparum malaria and artemisinin resistance in the border regions of Cambodia and Thailand. It does so by identifying and addressing…
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Resources: Project brief :
Preference and acceptability of permethrin insecticide treated clothing in Myanmar
This project aims to determine the type of insecticide treated clothing appropriate for large-scale targeted distribution to rubber tappers and other potential groups to contribute to the success of…
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Community level personal protection crucial for malaria elimination in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - “Scaling up insecticide-treated clothing and targeting migrant and mobile populations in Myanmar is crucial. Treated clothing partly fills a gap in personal protection of vulnerable…
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Resources: Journal article :
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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Insecticide-treated nets might still prevent malaria despite mosquito resistance
Insecticide-treated mosquito nets have contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths due to malaria. In recent years, there has been growing concern that mosquitoes are becoming resistant to…
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Eight-year programme contributes to significant malaria decrease in Nigeria
Abuja, 18 February 2016 - “I am inspired by the efforts of SuNMaP and its partners. There is no question that SuNMaP has had a huge impact upon malaria in Nigeria.” Dr Ngozi Azodoh, Assistant…
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Support to National Malaria Programme ends with dissemination event
Abuja, 16 February 2016 - SuNMaP, the Support to National Malaria Programme, has come to an end after eight years of working to improve Nigeria’s health system. Today – on the first of a two-day…
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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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WHO declares Zika virus a public health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin American countries a public health emergency. The mosquito-borne disease, which carries symptoms such as mild…
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Universal health coverage: Leaving no one behind
An estimated 400 million people across the world do not have access to essential basic health services and every year, 100 million of these people fall into poverty as they struggle to pay for…
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Malaria Consortium presents at the 2015 Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting
Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 (JITMM 2015) from December 2-4. The annual conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, brings together…