Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of Five Cycles of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseSeasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a strategy recommended by the World Health Organization for children aged 3–59 months in the Sahel and sub-Sahel regions where malaria transmission is seasonal.
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Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BackgroundSeasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is currently recommended for children under five in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal.
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Optimal dosing of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in young children [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Seasonal malaria chemoprevention provides substantial benefit for young children, but resistance to used drugs will likely develop. Here, Chotsiri et al.
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in northern Mozambique: a cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]
Malaria JournalBackground Malaria is endemic in Mozambique and one of the leading causes of death in children under 5 years old. In 2020 the country adopted the WHO-recommended seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) strategy and delivered the intervention in all 23 ...
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Estimating the potential public health impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in African children [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2012 Seasonal malaria chemoprevention, previously known as intermittent preventive treatment in children, is highly effective in areas with a short malaria transmission season.
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Prevalence of malaria in an area receiving seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Niger [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2021 Background Malaria transmission is highly seasonal in Niger. Despite the introduction of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Magaria District, malaria incidence remains high, and the epidemiology of malaria in the community is not well ...
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Seasonal Malaria Vaccination with or without Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 Malaria control remains a challenge in many parts of the Sahel and sub-Sahel regions of Africa.We conducted an individually randomized, controlled trial to assess whether seasonal vaccination with RTS,S/AS01E was noninferior to chemoprevention in preventing uncomplicated malaria and whether the two interventions combined were superior to either one ...
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Seasonal vaccination against malaria: a potential use for an imperfect malaria vaccine [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2017 In many parts of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel, where malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity, transmission of the infection is highly seasonal.
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Household-level effects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Gambia. [PDF]
Commun Med (Lond), 2023 Abstract Background In 2022 the WHO recommended the discretionary expansion of the eligible age range for seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to children older than 4 years. Older children are at lower risk of clinical disease and severe malaria so there has been uncertainty about the cost ...
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Pharmacokinetic considerations in seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Trends in Parasitology, 2022 Los niños africanos menores de 5 años soportan la principal carga de la mortalidad mundial por malaria. La quimioprevención estacional de la malaria (SMC) con sulfadoxina-pirimetamina (SP) más amodiaquina (AQ) administrada mensualmente durante la temporada de lluvias es una intervención altamente efectiva contra la malaria para niños de entre 3 meses y
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