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UNICEF Commemorates World Malaria Day: Scaling up Interventions Against Malaria During Pregnancy

April 16, 2015 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Malaria Videos Tagged With: Malaria and Pregnancy, UNICEF

Organizations Against Malaria

May 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is a good organization that helps stop malaria? ANSWER There are many organizations that work very hard to control malaria. The most well known are those that design policies and implement projects to control malaria on the ground, in places where the disease is most deadly. These include multilateral international organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: advocacy, AstraZeneca, Bangalore, DIfD, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, multilateral organizations, NGOs, PAHO, Princeton, research, Roll Back Malaria, UCSF, UNICEF, USAID, WHO

The “E” word and the “V” word: Two Holy Grails of Malaria Control

October 24, 2011 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

The Roll Back Malaria Partnership talks confidently of elimination—many others question if this is possible without new interventions. The recent publication of the first Phase 3 clinical trial for a malaria vaccine shows promise, but is it actually good enough? REVIEW OF: Roll Back Malaria Partnership, “Eliminating Malaria: Learning from the Past, Looking Ahead”, Progress & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: malaria elimination, Malaria Vaccine, New England Journal of Medicine, Phase III clinical trials, Roll Back Malaria Partnership, RTS, S Clinical Trials Partnership, The Lancet, UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank, World Health Organisation

Reports of community mobilisation on prevention and treatment of malaria

October 12, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: Do you have any reports on community mobilisation on malaria prevention? ANSWER: There are a lot of organisations that utilise community involvement and mobilisation in their strategies to prevent and control malaria. One example of such an organisation is UNICEF; they work closely with governments to develop initiatives that allow for scaling up of community and health facility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: community mobilisation, integrated control, UNICEF

Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 27, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: I live in the USA and I would like to start a business to fight mosquitoes and malaria: Can you advise me how and where to start? ANSWER: I take it from the subject heading of the question that you would like to focus on sub-Saharan Africa—a crucial thing to note at this stage is that malaria is serious disease that affects millions of people throughout Africa (as well as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Consortium, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, non-governmental organisations, non-profit organizations, UNICEF, WHO

Treating Malaria by Health Extension Workers: A Case Study from Ethiopia

May 20, 2011 By Judith Standley 2 Comments

For many years the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been promoting an Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training package to ensure that nurses and doctors are capable of treating sick children at health facilities.  Over the years, with the realization that many children did not have access to health facilities and therefore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Catalytic Initiative of Canada, Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers, HEWs, iCCM, Malaria Treatment, Millenium Development Goals, Plasmodium Falciparum, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Rapid Test for Malaria, UNICEF

Malaria – Free Bednets?

April 6, 2011 By Ask-Malaria-Questions 1 Comment

QUESTION: Why do people have to pay for the bed nets?  I think that is mean to the people and they should get them for free. ANSWER: You have hit on a very important and on-going debate in the malaria control community. In many places around the world, organisations such as UNICEF have distributed free, insecticide-treated bednets, and especially to mothers—pregnant women and children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bednets, Malaria Consortium, Malaria No More, Malaria Prevention, UNICEF

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