Today, government representatives from Chad, Guinea, Somalia and South Sudan come together to take part in a pivotal workshop, co-convened by Malaria Consortium, that will support efforts to introduce two vital vaccines, the pneum…
A new initiative to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and referral of children with pneumonia in Chad was launched today at an event in N’Djamena. The event was attended by the Minister of Planning and National Ec…
Malaria Consortium announced the results from its project introducing integrated community case management (iCCM), which includes diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition at a dissemination event t…
Community-based primary healthcare has potential for delivering health services to hard-to-reach and under-served communities, and for achieving the Global Goals on health, says a new report published by Malaria Consortium
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Malaria Consortium technical specialists have contributed to a unique published peer-reviewed article on pneumonia diagnostic tool preferences from both end users and procurers. The existing knowledge base on the views of th…
Malaria Consortium has officially signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Public Health and Ministry of Health and Sports Myanmar, paving the way for future collaboration and project implementation.
The ag…
[{dx-module-home_justgiving}] When your child is sick from a fever, vomiting or suffering from dehydration from constant diarrhoea, you need to seek urgent medical help. If you live in a rural area with no transport, you need that…
Mozambique still faces major challenges in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality, despite making significant progress over the past decade. Because so many children live beyond the periphery of the health system, pri…
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Strong health systems are critical to international efforts to tackle emerging health emergencies, such as Ebola and Zika.
Global health emergencies have barely been out o…
On March 15, 2016, Malaria Consortium hosted a workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to disseminate the preliminary results of our multi-country pneumonia diagnostics research project. The research aims to identify the most accurate a…
In South Sudan, Malaria Consortium saves lives by preventing and treating malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition
The approach
Since 2009, Malaria Consortium has been implementing a programme for the integrated communi…
Malaria Consortium hosted a dissemination workshop on our pneumonia diagnostics work in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which seeks to identify the most accurate and user-friendly tools for diagnosing pneumonia symptoms in …
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that every person, everywhere, has access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship.
As we celebrate universal health coverage day and advocate for health services to be…
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What is the role of policy makers in filling the global healthcare shortage?
There is a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers worldwide – and this…
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 researchers, policymakers, practit…
November 12th, New York, 2015 – On World Pneumonia Day, more than 50 innovators and 150 global health leaders assembled at the inaugural Pneumonia Innovations Summit to discuss the next wave of innovations with the po…
This week, Malaria Consortium is presenting at the 64th annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia. Our symposiums and interactive presentations will cover a number of topics rang…
Rochom Wart is one of 65 village malaria workers (VMWs) in Cambodia, who has been trained to also detect the signs and symptoms of pneumonia in children under five years using special new diagnostic tools.
The new devices - pulse…
Sheema, Uganda, 25 August 2015 – Today, the Ugandan President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched a new Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) programme funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five in both Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of the children who die from pneumonia do so as a result of inappropriate treatment due to misdia…
Operation Health – Comic Relief’s initiative to refurbish a health facility with support from Malaria Consortium – has had widespread participation from the local community in Iyolwa, eastern Uganda. Check o…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Comic Relief has awarded us a grant to run a new project in midwestern Uganda focusing on reducing deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria in children under five, as well as…
London. Friday, March 13 – Today is Red Nose Day, marking the culmination of Comic Relief’s Operation Health project in Uganda. The project, which began nine weeks ago, saw the reconstruction and renovation of a dilapi…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to be part of Comic Relief’s main fundraising campaign for Red Nose Day this year - Operation Health, involving a major renovation of a dilapidated rural clinic in Uganda.
International healt…
In early November, Malaria Consortium held a highly successful symposium on access to better diagnostic tools for pneumonia. Held at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) meeting in New Orleans, the …
London, 12 November 2014 - On this sixth annual World Pneumonia Day, Malaria Consortium and its partners are organising different events throughout the world to raise awareness on pneumonia, the biggest killer of children under th…
Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia Press Release
Pneumonia prevention and care available for every child is key to defeat world’s #1 infectious killer of childrenOn the sixth annual World Pneumonia Day, the Global…
Malaria Consortium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans, November 3 - 6
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 63rd annual American Society of Tropical Medici…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Agnes Nanyonjo, Research Officer in our Uganda office, has completed her doctoral thesis on 'Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uga…
Malaria Consortium was well represented at this week’s Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, which ran from 30 September until 3 October 2014. The conference was attended by 1,700 researchers,…
Three quarters of deaths in children under five are caused by malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia often because access to quality health care is hardest in areas where the need is greatest. Uganda has one of the highest infant mortal…
The success of health interventions hinges on the involvement of affected communities. One method of encouraging engagement is through community dialogues, which gather villagers to discuss and find local solutions to health chall…
Recently, Malaria Consortium hosted a series of meetings in Geneva, bringing together global experts in child health, community case management, and diagnostics. During the meetings, the experts discussed the current global situat…
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. Every year it kills an estimated 1.2 million young children, accounting for approximately 18 percent of all deaths in this age group – more than AIDS, malaria an…
With the support of many health-related journal editors, BioMed Central hosted the inaugural ‘Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice’ conference in London from 1-3 July, bringing together distinguished leade…
On the third anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, the humanitarian situation remains critical for the country and it is on the brink of famine and facing a public health crisis.
The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon&r…
Increasing access to treatment goes hand-in-hand with efforts to prevent antibiotic resistance
In its recent report, the World Health Organization (WHO) called the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria a "growing public health …
"Whilst it is the responsibility of individuals to ensure that drugs are used rationally, the consequences of irrational use are global," says Kirstie Graham. Photograph: Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium has been conduc…
With the spread of resistance to antibiotics, bacterial diseases are increasingly difficult to control and treat. Understanding resistance and identifying ways to control it are public health priorities
3-year old Nyana from Sout…