Malaria Knowledge Programme - Gender and Malaria
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Dear colleagues,
The Malaria Knowledge Programme at the Liverpool School of
Tropical Hygiene has been working to transform people's vulner-
ability to malaria into resilience. The primary focus of re-
search has been on vulnerability, gender, community based ini-
tiatives, diagnostics and laboratory services, vector control
and urban malaria.
Please take a look at the following two MKP policy briefs on
gender perspectives in malaria management and gender mainstream-
ing in health.
Gender perspectives in malaria management:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/documents/Genderperspectives.pdf
Gender roles and relations within the household are of crucial
importance to the management of childhood malaria. Women's ac-
cess to resources and their bargaining power within the house-
hold have a significant influence on their treatment seeking be-
haviour for children with malaria. MKP supported district level
government workers to conduct a situational analysis using
qualitative and participatory research methods to explore gender
perspectives. This contributes to a growing body of knowledge of
the importance of using gender analysis in malaria management.
Gender mainstreaming in health: the possibilities and con-
straints of involving district-level field workers:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/documents/Gendermainstreaming.pdf
The involvement of district-level workers in local-level practi-
cal approaches to mainstreaming gender in health is central to
facilitating change and informing health strategies. MKP led a
project in Ghana to facilitate District Level Health Management
Teams and district-level field workers to conduct qualitative
and participatory research on gender aspects of access to health
care for malaria. The results have informed strategies to im-
prove gender equity in health at the community level.
Please forward this on to other colleagues who you think would
be interested or contact Rachel Tolhurst r.j.tolhurst@liv.ac.uk
for more information.
Hard copies of documents can be obtained by contacting Alison
Dunn, mailto:mkp@healthlink.org.uk
All Malaria Knowledge Programme Policy Briefs can be found at
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/outputs.htm
Thank you.
Alison Dunn
On behalf of MKP
Research Officer - Exchange / Healthlink Worldwide
56-64 Leonard Street
London, EC2A 4JX U.K.
Tel: +44-207-549-0250
Fax: +44-207-549-0241
mailto:mkp@healthlink.org.uk
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Healthlink Worldwide http://www.healthcomms.org is working with
The Malaria Knowledge Programme at the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine to communicate and disseminate research find-
ings.
All MKP outputs can be found at:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/outputs.htm