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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention for malaria in children in areas with seasonal malaria

, 2022
This report was considered by the WHO/GMP Guideline Development Group on Malaria Chemoprevention for “Section 4.2.3 Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)” of the WHO Guidelines for malaria, 3 June ...
Gutman J, Cavros I, Bhattarai A, Thwing JI, Williamson J   +4 more
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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 ...
Matthew E. Coldiron, Bachir Assao, Ousmane Guindo, Nathan Sayinzoga-Makombe, Alena Koscalova, Esther Sterk, Michel Quere, Iza Ciglenecki, Ann Mumina, Salifou Atti, Céline Langendorf, Rebecca F. Grais   +11 more
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Usefulness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2023
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention is an important intervention recommended for children aged 3–59 months living in highly seasonal transmission areas of the Sahel subregion of Africa to provide protection against malaria during the rainy season.
Kaku, Natsuko, Kayiba Kalenda, Nadine, Tshibangu-Kabamba, Evariste, Speybroeck, Niko, Kaneko, Akira, Kido, Yasutoshi, Nakagama, Yu   +6 more
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A hybrid effectiveness-implementation study protocol to assess the effectiveness and chemoprevention efficacy of implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention in five districts in Karamoja region, Uganda [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Gates Open Research, 2023
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine (SPAQ) for children aged 3 to 59 months, living in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal ...
Craig Bonnington, Sol Richardson, Godfrey Magumba, Christian Rassi, Jane Nabakooza, Denis Rubahika, Anthony Nuwa, James Tibenderana, Jimmy Opigo, Jane Achan, Richard Kajubi, Kevin Baker, Jennifer Ainsworth   +12 more
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Shifts in the clinical epidemiology of severe malaria after scaling up control strategies in Mali

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
A decrease in malaria incidence following implementation of control strategies such as use of artemisinin-based combination therapies, insecticide-impregnated nets, intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy and seasonal malaria chemoprevention ...
Drissa Coulibaly, Abdoulaye K. Kone, Bourama Kane, Bouréima Guindo, Bourama Tangara, Mody Sissoko, Fayçal Maiga, Karim Traore, Aichatou Diawara, Amidou Traore, Ali Thera, Mahamadou S. Sissoko, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Mark A. Travassos, Mahamadou A. Thera   +14 more
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Longitudinal analysis of the capacities of community health workers mobilized for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2020
Results of the study confirm the capacity of community health workers, or “community-based distributors” (CBDs), under routine programme implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC).
Kombate, Gountante, Chetaille, Gaël, Bicaba, Abel, Haddad, Slim, Bila, Alice, Serme, Luc   +5 more
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Pharmacometric evaluation of amodiaquine-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine seasonal malaria chemoprevention in northern Uganda

medRxiv
Bonnington C, Nuwa A, Theiss-Nyland K, Kajubi R, Kamya MR, Nankabirwa J, Ebong C, Rassi C, Nabakooza J, Opigo J, Salandindi D, Odongo M, Sararat C, Watson JA, Suwannasin K, Proux S, Koesukwiwat U, Tarning J, Imwong M, Tibenderana J, Nosten F, White N.   +21 more
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Improved housing versus usual practice for additional protection against clinical malaria in The Gambia (RooPfs): a household-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021
Summary: Background: In malaria-endemic areas, residents of modern houses have less malaria than those living in traditional houses. We aimed to assess whether children in The Gambia received an incremental benefit from improved housing, where current ...
Margaret Pinder, PhD, John Bradley, PhD, Musa Jawara, MSc, Muna Affara, PhD, Lesong Conteh, PhD, Simon Correa, BSc, David Jeffries, PhD, Caroline Jones, PhD, Balla Kandeh, MSc, Jakob Knudsen, MAA, Yekini Olatunji, MBChB, Elisa Sicuri, PhD, Umberto D'Alessandro, ProfPhD, Steve W Lindsay, ProfPhD   +13 more
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Malaria intervention scale-up in Africa : effectiveness predictions for health programme planning tools, based on dynamic transmission modelling [PDF]

, 2016
Scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment needs to continue to further important gains made in the past decade, but national strategies and budget allocations are not always evidence-based.
Richard Cibulskis, Olivier J. T. Briët, Korenromp, Eline, Mahiané, Guy, Jeremy Lauer (3566702), Olivier BriĂŤt (3505613), Matthew Hamilton (79352), Eline Korenromp, Matthew Hamilton, Briët, Olivier J. T., Pretorius, Carel, Smith, Thomas A., Guy MahianĂŠ (3566705), Carel Pretorius, Hamilton, Matthew, Thomas Smith (74383), Thomas A. Smith, Cibulskis, Richard, Eline Korenromp (95439), Lauer, Jeremy, Richard Cibulskis (3487784), Briët, Olivier J.T., Carel Pretorius (238011), Jeremy Lauer, Guy Mahiané   +24 more
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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the setting of three different chemopreventive regimens. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The burden of malaria remains high for children in parts of Africa despite the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). Chemoprevention has the potential of reducing the malaria burden; however, limited data exist on the efficacy and ...
Tamara Clark, Grant Dorsey, Achan, Jane, Dorsey, Grant, Mwangwa, Florence, Kapisi, James, Kamya, Moses, Seyi Soremekun, Moses Kamya, Bigira, Victor, Soremekun, Seyi, Florence Mwangwa, Clark, Tamara, Kinara, Stephen, James Kapisi, Victor Bigira, Stephen Kinara, Jane Achan   +17 more
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