Biting Back February 2011

February 2011

Training Health Workers in Uganda

“My child had fever and so I came to the health facility,” says Chantale Kawambe whose little girl was a patient at Butiaba Health Centre in Buliisa. “I was told that they wanted to find out if my child had malaria and so they needed to do a test. I think this is a good thing as first we need to find out the problem so we can get the right treatment.”Chantale’s daughter tested negative for malaria and was given the right medication.

Malaria Consortium is training local health facility staff in central Uganda, to strengthen the capacity of village health teams to diagnose and treat the three main childhood diseases - malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea - at community level in order to save lives and support the management of fevers at home.

Mapping NTDs in Southern Sudan to Reach the Most in Need
Malaria Consortium has been conducting crucial mapping of disease prevalence across Southern Sudan. This will provide invaluable information for targeted mass drug administration to proceed for a range of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). You can watch our new slideshow here.

Other News...

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Malaria Consortium Launches iPhone Game to Raise Money

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Malaria: Blood, Sweat and Tears Exhibition Opens in Atlanta

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Two New Case Studies of our Work in Mozambique

British MPs Travel to Uganda with Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium Uganda played host to members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPG) who came on a study tour of the country to learn more about the malaria environment in Uganda and the UK’s role in supporting the fight against the disease.

COMDIS HSD gets £7.5 million
The UK Government has signed an agreement to fund a £7.5 million research project, COMDIS Health Systems Delivery, to help improve the health and lives of millions of people in some of the world’s poorest countries.

New Brochures for Africa and Asia
Malaria Consortium has produced three new brochures to highlight its extensive work in Cambodia, Mozambique and Uganda. These brochures highlight the variety in Malaria Consortium's work and expertise that ranges from health systems strengthening, malaria prevention and treatment to management of childhood illnesses and advocacy.

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Photography Credits: First row: Malaria Consortium. Second row: Jenn Warren; Ronard Kalyanego; Adam Nadel