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Responses to schistosomiasis paying off in North Central Nigeria, despite challenges

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

August 23, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

Interventions like annual mass administration of medicines, increasing clean water access and educational efforts are being deployed across several states to help curb the prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like schistosomiasis. These interventions have been active since 1995 and through the help of partnering with other local and international organizations, like the German E-Merck, rates of NTDs like schistosomiasis have dramatically decreased over the years.

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Empowered volunteers war against neglected diseases in Plateau, Niger, FCT

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 22, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

Teams of Community Direct Distributors (CDD) are leading drug distribution campaigns to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in hard-to-reach, rural areas. These CDDs are members of the community they serve and are trained to educate the locals on disease prevention and administer the drugs themselves. With the CDDs’ help, several states have already eliminated some diseases and greatly reduced the spread of others.

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Relief as joint efforts curb river blindness in FCT, Plateau and Niger

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 15, 2023 |

Premium Times |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

The Carter Center, in collaboration with other organizations, launched a project to curb several neglected tropical diseases like river blindness. The Center and its partners provide health education through monthly visits from medical personnel to rural communities that are often most affected by these diseases and administer the necessary medication to fight the illnesses. Over the course of more than 20 years, the Center has delivered 27 million doses of disease-fighting medicine.

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Relief in troubled Northcentral communities as joint efforts decimate river blindness

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 08, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Seri, Plateau State

In collaboration with local government and organizations, The Carter Center launched an initiative to curb the spread of neglected tropical diseases, like river blindness. Throughout the initiative, the Center provided health education to rural communities most affected by the disease and also led a mass drug administration of Mectizan, which is known to kill the parasite that causes river blindness. Over 20 years, the Center administered 27 million doses of the medication, effectively eliminating the disease.

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Breaking the Cycle of Maternal Mortality (Woman Die Die Mata)

Damilola Fajinmi

June 27, 2023 |

Naija 102.7 FM |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

The state Ministry of Health in partnership with other local organizations is providing educational, medical outreach for pregnant women to discuss malaria, maternal mortality and the importance of having regular medical checkups, while providing necessary resources to increase their access to care.

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How indoor residual spraying helping to fight Malaria in Rwanda

Jeanne d’Arc Munezero

June 15, 2023 |

Panorama |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Indoor Residual Spraying is being used as an intervention to reduce the transmission of malaria. Trained teams spray the insecticide in about 10 homes a day. Since this method of prevention was introduced in 2007, there has been a significant decrease in malaria cases. From 2016 to 2022, malaria cases went from 409 per 1,000 people to just 76 cases and deaths fell by more than 89%.

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Community dialogue and social behavior change: Effective tool in reducing malaria mortality in Kenya

Pauline Achieng Tom

March 16, 2023 |

Health Business |

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Response Location: Kenya, Vihiga County

The Kenya Medical Research Institute is leading research teams with the ministry of health in an effort to educate people on how to use mosquito nets to reduce the rate of malaria. Through these efforts, malaria cases reduced by 24% six months after the program started.

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Rising death rate: group takes fight against malaria to high-burdened rural Nigerian communities

Abdulrasheed Hammad

December 12, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Danja, Katsina

To help address rising death rates caused by malaria, the Society for Family Health distributes insecticide nets to residents in rural communities for free and educates them on the importance of using them to protect against malaria-causing mosquito bites. The group has distributed 122.5 million nets between 2009 and 2021 and also provides diagnostic testing for malaria and advocates for more investing from government officials to address the disease.

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Antimicrobial resistance: Patient led contact tracing helping Ugandan medics to fight drug resistant TB

Richard Drasimaku

September 10, 2022 |

West Nile Today News |

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Response Location: Uganda

Since 2017, the Defeat TB (tuberculosis) program supported by USAID introduced a patient contact tracing program in Uganda wherein health workers and facilitators have been trained to trace a patient with multidrug-resistant TB back to their community to screen family members, conduct tests, and refer them for Xrays or treatment if needed. Introduced in the Mulago referral hospital, the program has since expanded to 16 other centers. Along with counseling, follow-ups, and provision of food assistance, it has helped increase the TB detection and treatment rate over the years.

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How Liberia's frontline health workers are protecting us all

Peter Yeung

September 06, 2022 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Liberia

Liberia's community health worker program taps residents of rural areas to receive training in disease surveillance and basic health care, creating a network of on-the-ground professionals to report potential outbreaks before they begin to spread. The program has contributed to more rapid treatment of malaria cases, with 71 percent of cases treated within 24 hours in 2021, and has significantly increased the number of rural residents with access to care.

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