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Household-level effects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Gambia. [PDF]

Commun Med (Lond), 2023
In 2022 the WHO recommended the discretionary expansion of the eligible age range for seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to children older than 4 years.
Soremekun S, Conteh B, Nyassi A, Soumare HM, Etoketim B, Ndiath MO, Bradley J, D'Alessandro U, Bousema T, Erhart A, Moreno M, Drakeley C.   +11 more
europepmc   +8 more sources

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in northern Mozambique: a cost-effectiveness analysis. [PDF]

Malar J
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 districts of ...
Canana N, Tarquino IAP, Enosse S, Baker K, Rodrigues M, Rassi C, Chauhan AS, Nnaji C, Candrinho B, Maffioli EM.   +9 more
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Combining seasonal malaria chemoprevention with novel therapeutics for malaria prevention: a mathematical modelling study. [PDF]

PLoS Comput Biol
Background: Vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and long-acting injectables are being developed to prevent Plasmodium falciparum malaria. These therapeutics may target multiple stages of the parasite life cycle, and evidence is needed to articulate their ...
Braunack-Mayer L, Malinga J, Nekkab N, Kelly SL, Möhrle JJ, Penny MA.   +5 more
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Parasitological efficacy of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula, northern Mozambique. [PDF]

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Background Deployment of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for young children using monthly sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine-amodiaquine (SPAQ) has recently been extended to Central and East Africa.
Bonnington C, Sitoe M, Pulido Tarquino IA, Enosse SM, Sararat C, Suwannasin K, Proux S, Koesukwiwat U, Tarning J, Imwong M, Theiss-Nyland K, Nosten FH, White NJ.   +12 more
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Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation in the Upper East region of Northern Ghana. [PDF]

Malar J
Ghana adopted the WHO-recommended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in 2016 following a pilot study as a vital strategy for malaria control.
Ayamba EY, Dzotsi EK, Dormechele W, Ansah NA, Bangre O, Nyuzaghl JA, Abilba SA, Boakye-Boateng SK, Ansah PO.   +8 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

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.
Matthew Cairns, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Tini Garske   +2 more
exaly   +15 more sources

Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of Five Cycles of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Seasonal 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. In Côte d’Ivoire, malaria remains a high priority and accounts for the majority of consultations and deaths in children under five. The recent revision
Issaka Zongo, Alassane Haro, William Yavo   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention timing on clinical malaria incidence dynamics in the Kedougou region, Senegal. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine is recommended by the World Health Organization since 2012 for clinical malaria prevention in children in the Sahelian region of Africa.
Kazanga B, Ba EH, Legendre E, Cissoko M, Fleury L, Bérard L, Diop A, Sokhna C, Danfakha F, Sagara I, Ndiaye JL, Gaudart J, Landier J.   +12 more
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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 ...
Issaka Zongo, Matthew Cairns, Modibo Diarra   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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
Palang Chotsiri, Nicholas J White, Joel Tarning   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources