Request for proposals (RfP) for TESTsmART Project
Across many malaria endemic countries, a large proportion of children affected by febrile illness seek first treatment in the private sector. Yet quality-assured commodities to diagnose or treat malaria are often not available or affordable to patients. In many cases, patients are sold anti-malarials without receiving a confirmatory malaria diagnosis, resulting in over-treatment and potentially...
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Our Top 10 Highlights of 2018
CHAI is proud of the progress we have made, in partnership with governments and other organizations, and with support from our donors, to address health issues in low- and middle-income countries in 2018. As we embark on a new year, we are looking back at some of the highlights from our work in 2018, as...
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Clinton Health Access Initiative Releases 2017 Annual Report
The 2017 Annual Report looks back at what we have accomplished over the year, as well as toward the goals that we have set for each of our programs over the next five to 10 years.
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Community access to rectal artesunate for malaria (CARAMAL) project
Background Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness, death, and lost economic productivity globally. A malaria infection may result in a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from absent or mild symptoms like a headache or a fever to organ failure followed by coma and even death. While the successful scale-up and use of...
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Home renos could be key to ending malaria in Namibia
Namibia has made remarkable headway in its push against malaria – between 2005 and 2015, reported incidence of malaria in the country dropped by 97 percent. It is well positioned to become one of the first countries in Africa to eliminate the disease. But key to achieving – and sustaining – that goal is reaching last mile communities with sustainable prevention measures to stop malaria’s spread.
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Using Community Health Workers to Help Combat Malaria in Panama
Panama, along with other countries in Central America, has set an ambitious goal to eliminate malaria by 2020. It has made substantial progress toward this goal with the number of malaria cases dropping from 1281 in 2007 to 811 in 2016 (a 36 percent decrease). However, important challenges remain to reach elimination. The remaining areas...
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Strategic Planning for Malaria Elimination: The Crucial First Step
Bill and Melinda Gates’ call in 2007 for a global commitment to eradicate malaria increased enthusiasm and political will in countries throughout Latin America, southern Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region to help achieve this important goal. Many countries, including those with a high malaria burden, have in turn declared national goals of eliminating the disease...
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Improving the impact of indoor residual spraying in southern Africa through data-driven approaches
Six countries in southern Africa – Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe – are on the path towards malaria elimination, having declared their goal to achieve zero locally acquired malaria cases by 2020. The population at risk of the devastating illness in these countries has declined dramatically in recent years, with cases in...
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Saving lives through scaling up severe malaria treatment in Uganda
On World Malaria Day, when the ambitious goal of eliminating malaria is within reach for several countries, it is important to remember that in many nations malaria continues to be a daily threat and one of the biggest killers of children. In Uganda, malaria accounts for 43 percent of hospital-based under-five deaths, and the entire...
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Safe Rollout of Primaquine for Malaria Elimination in Swaziland
The Kingdom of Swaziland’s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) is pursuing the ambitious goal of malaria elimination, which is defined as zero local malaria cases (originating within Swaziland’s borders). If realized, Swaziland would be the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve this public health milestone. Swaziland is close: during the July 2014-June 2015 malaria...
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