MSH at the 2020 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Meeting

Join MSH at the virtual Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH), held on November 15th-19th, 2020.

Our staff will join tropical medicine and global health professionals worldwide to share our malaria experience and expertise, particularly in Nigeria and Malawi. Experts from the Global Fund Malaria grant in Nigeria and the USAID Organized Network of Services for Everyone’s Health Activity in Malawi will be represented in multiple poster sessions:

 

Nov 16, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Poster presentation – Engaging Local Government Authority (LGA) officials and building capacity of health facility data officers improves data quality, reporting and timeliness in Kwara State, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Factors affecting the delivery of community-based intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Perspectives of health workers and beneficiaries in Nkhatabay and Ntcheu districts in Malawi

 

Nov 17, 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Poster presentation – Integrated mentoring and supervision visits improve malaria service delivery in health facilities in Delta State, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Leveraging leadership and governance structures to strengthen supply chain data management systems and accountability through bi-monthly triangulation of logistics management information and health management information data sets: A case study of 1213 primary healthcare centers in Kano State, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Impact of a data quality improvement tool in enhancing supply chain data quality at health facilities: A case study of 300 health facilities in Adamawa, Kaduna, and Kwara States, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Sustaining IPTp 3 uptake in Malawi through a health systems approach

 

Nov 18, 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Poster presentation – Data validation and review activities, complemented with training and mentoring, improve data quality in Osun State, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Improved malaria health products accountability through introduction of a logistics management information tool: A case study of a primary healthcare center, Kojoli Maternity Home in Adamawa, Nigeria

Poster presentation – Improving quality of care (QoC) in Malawi through outreach training and supportive supervision (OTSS)

 

Nov 19, 2020, 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Oral presentation – Strengthening integration of Malaria into reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, adolescent health and nutrition (Malaria-RMNCAH+N) in Nigeria: Major milestones and successes

 

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MSH has been fighting malaria for three decades in over 40 countries. In partnership with national malaria control programs, donors, and international and local stakeholders, MSH helps countries scale up proven interventions to combat malaria, while building the capacity of health systems and developing innovative tools and technologies to prevent and treat the disease.