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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.
Orphée Kangah, Issaka Zongo, Alassane Haro, William Yavo   +3 more
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in settings with extended seasonal malaria transmission in Tanzania [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was assessed in Nanyumbu and Masasi Districts. Between March and June 2021, children aged 3–59 months were enrolled in a cluster randomized study.
Richard Mwaiswelo, Billy Ngasala, Frank Chaky, Fabrizio Molteni, Ally Mohamed, Samwel Lazaro, Bushukatale Samwel, Bruno P. Mmbando   +7 more
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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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Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating mass drug administration for helminth control with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Ghanaian children: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
To evaluate the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of integrating seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with mass drug administration for helminth control among school‐aged children living in communities where the burden of malaria and helminths is ...
Afolabi MO, Adu-Gyasi D, Paintain L, Tawiah T, Ali MS, Greenwood B, Asante KP.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on incidence of malaria among children under five years in Kotido and Moroto Districts, Uganda, 2021: time series analysis [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) refers to monthly administration of full treatment courses of anti-malarial medicine to children
Andrew Kwiringira, Benon Kwesiga, Richard Migisha, Lilian Bulage, Daniel Kadobera, Damian Rutazaana, Julie R. Harris, Alex R. Ario, Julius Ssempiira   +8 more
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Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections and determinants of carriage in a seasonal malaria chemoprevention setting in Northern Cameroon and south Senegal (Kedougou) [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Among the several strategies recommended for the fight against malaria, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine combination (SPAQ) targets children 3 months to 5 years in Sahel regions of Africa to
Innocent M. Ali, Isaac A. Manga, Akindeh M. Nji, Valery P. Tchuenkam, Peter Thelma Ngwa Neba, Dorothy F. Achu, Jude D. Bigoga, Babacar Faye, Cally Roper, Colin J. Sutherland, Wilfred F. Mbacham   +10 more
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Predictors of caregiver adherence to administration of amodiaquine during delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among infants and children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Sahel, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is delivered door-to-door in monthly cycles.
Taiwo Ibinaiye, Olusola Oresanya, Chibuzo Oguoma, Adaeze Aidenagbon, Olabisi Ogunmola, Christian Rassi, Sol Richardson   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Status and prospects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention among children in Sahelian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
In areas with seasonal malaria transmission, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves giving children a three-day course of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine once a month during the transmission season.
Medard Djedanem, Noura Mamane Salé, Elhadji Yacoudima Yacoubou Mahaman Aminou, Jean Testa, Ronan Jambou   +4 more
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From efficacy to effectiveness: a comprehensive framework for monitoring, evaluating and optimizing seasonal malaria chemoprevention programmes. [PDF]

Malar J
Background Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective intervention for preventing malaria, particularly in areas with highly seasonal transmission.
de Cola MA, Chestnutt EG, Richardson S, Baudry M, Nnaji C, Ibinaiye T, Moukénet A, Rotimi K, Sawadogo B, Okafor J, Compaoré CS, Oguoma C, Rassi C, Roca-Feltrer A.   +13 more
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Prevalence of asymptomatic parasitaemia among household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage and comparison of the performance of standard rapid diagnostic tests versus ultrasensitive RDT for the detection of asymptomatic parasitaemia in Nanoro, Burkina Faso. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum represent important parasite reservoirs maintaining malaria transmission in the community. This study aimed on the one hand to screen the other household members living with children under seasonal malaria ...
Kambou SAE, Millogo KS, Sondo P, Kabore B, Kouevi AFC, Bouda I, Rouamba T, Derra K, Tahita MC, Ilboudo H, Rouamba E, Tougri G, Otienoburu SD, Dhorda M, Bamba S, Guerin PJ, Tinto H.   +16 more
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