Category: Implementation
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REACH Niger publishes important results demonstrating efficacy of azithromycin in reducing child mortality
Writing in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, the AVENIR study group demonstrate that distributing azithromycin twice a year to children aged 1 to 59 months significantly reduced mortality and that including older children in treatment was more effective than targeting infants aged 1 to 11 months only.
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Updates from the AVENIR project in Niger – August 2024
The “Azithromycine pour la Vie des Enfants au Niger” (“Azithromycin to Save the Lives of Children in Niger”) project, known as AVENIR, continues to make significant progress in reducing child mortality and morbidity in Niger. One of the highlights of the AVENIR project in August was the successful completion of data collection on pregnancy history in the Tahoua and Dosso…
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AVENIR project updates, July 2024
A growing intervention The second phase of the AVENIR project is getting underway in the Dosso region of Niger during the fourth quarter of 2024. In preparation for this intervention, a national coordination team has been assigned to the region to prepare the ground for future activities and to ensure that all stakeholders are fully…
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REACH Mali begins national azithromycin distribution in Ségou
On Friday, 2 August 2024, the REACH Mali team began mass drug administration (MDA) in Baroueli, in the Ségou region, some 200km east of the capital, Bamako. The REACH project to distribute azithromycin for child survival took a major step forward this week as Mali began rolling out its national scale-up of the life-saving intervention.…
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Azithromycin for child survival in Niger – implementation and research
Under the patronage of the Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs, Niger launched the second phase of the AVENIR project on Tuesday, 19 March 2024. The official ceremony was attended by international organisations, members of the national REACH network, local and international NGOs, and by national associations, representatives of all Niger’s regional health…