| Dear Centre Leaders,
Greetings from the INDEPTH Secretariat. We hope you have had a good week.
We have the following items for your attention:
1. Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data
 This paper has been published in Bio Med Central.
The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP), launched in 2014, aims to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths, with national targets of ≤12 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births and ≤12 stillbirths per 1000 total births by 2030. This requires ambitious improvement of the data on care at birth and of small and sick newborns, particularly to track coverage, quality and equity.
The ENAP Measurement Improvement Roadmap (2015-2020) outlines tools to be developed (e.g., improved birth and death registration, audit, and minimum perinatal dataset) and actions to test, validate and institutionalise proposed coverage indicators.
Peter Waiswa, leader of the INDEPTH Maternal and Newborn Working Group, is one of the authors.
Please find attached the publication.
2. ISC/AGM 2015 Registration
 All sites/centres that have not registered for the ISC 2015 are encouraged to do so.
The ISC will take place from 11 - 13, November 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Arrival: 10 November 2015, Departure : 14 November 2015
Annual General Meeting: 14 November 2015 for Centre Leaders (Departure : 15 November 2015)
The registration link is http://indepth-network.org/isc2015.php
Please note that it is a membership requirement to attend the AGM in Addis Ababa.
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1. Dr Julia Mwesigwa is first author of nationwide survey on malaria transmission in The Gambia
Dr Julia Mwesigwa, a clinical Epidemiologist at the MRC Unit the Gambia, led the nationwide survey and is the first-author of the paper entitled “On-going malaria transmission in The Gambia despite high coverage of control interventions: a nationwide cross-sectional survey”. The findings of a nationwide cross-sectional survey aimed at determining the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection and describing its heterogeneity in The Gambia has been accepted for publication in the MALARIA JOURNAL.
Read more http://www.mrc.gm/dr-julia-mwesigwa-is-the-first-author-of-a-nationwide-survey-on-malaria-transmission-in-the-gambia/
2. How the world can cut malaria cases by 90% in the next 15 years
 With more than 200 million cases recorded across the globe each year and half the world's population living in areas considered high risk, malaria remains a challenge. Malaria occurs mostly in poor, tropical and sub-tropical areas. It is transmitted by an infected mosquito. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver and then infect red blood cells.
In 2012, there was estimated 207 million malaria cases, resulting in 627,000 deaths. About 90% of the deaths were in sub-Saharan Africa.
But over the next 15 years, the number of malaria cases and deaths could be reduced by up to 90% if the agenda of the World Health Organisation and the Roll Back Malaria partnership is fully implemented, says Prof. Collins Ouma from APHRC, an INDEPTH member centre, via the Conversation Africa
Central to their approach is the global technical strategy for malaria, created by the organisation, and a parallel advocacy plan. Created by the partnership, this involves action and investment to defeat malaria between 2016 and 2030. The partnership, made up of several international organisations, will build on the successes of its global malaria action plan, a strategy developed in 2008. The plan was developed through an intensive consultation with 30 endemic countries and regions, 65 international institutions and 250 experts.
Read more here: http://aphrc.org/how-the-world-can-cut-malaria-cases-by-90-in-the-next-15-years/
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