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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.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundSeasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is currently recommended for children under five in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal.
Gifty D Antwi, Laura A Bates, Rebecca King, Princess R Mahama, Harry Tagbor, Matt Cairns, James N Newell   +6 more
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Assessing the effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on malaria burden among children under 5 years in Burkina Faso

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background In 2014, the Burkina Faso government launched the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) programme. Expected benefit was a 75% reduction of all malaria episodes and a 75% drop of severe malaria episodes.
Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Vincent De Brouwere, Arnold Fottsoh Fokam, Mady Ouédraogo, Yazoumé Yé   +4 more
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Climate change and resilience of the Senegalese health system in the face of the floods in Keur Massar

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Volume 39, Issue 6, Page 1840-1859, November 2024.
Abstract This article is based on the observation that the affected populations perceive existing community‐based adaptation strategies to the health effects of floods differently. We explore the resilience of the local health system to climate change (CC) in Keur Massar (Senegal) using a monographic approach based on a qualitative survey of flooded ...
Abdoulaye Moussa Diallo, Valery Ridde
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in an area of extended seasonal transmission in Ashanti, Ghana: an individually randomised clinical trial [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2015
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) and community case management with long‐acting artemisinin‐based combination therapies (ACTs) for the control of malaria in areas of extended seasonal malaria transmission.MethodIndividually randomised, placebo‐controlled trial in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Daniel Chandramohan, Princess Ruhama Acheampong, Constance Bart Plange, Harry Tagbor, Gifty Antwi, Matthew Cairns   +5 more
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Cross‐disciplinary mathematical modelling to benefit healthcare – could clinical pharmacology play an enabling role?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 90, Issue 10, Page 2509-2516, October 2024.
Abstract Clinical pharmacology is often the nexus in any cross‐disciplinary team that is seeking solutions for human healthcare issues. The use and application of real‐world data and artificial intelligence to better understand our ecosystem has influenced our view at the world and how we do things.
Tirhani Maluleke, Rohan Benecke, Sunday Oladejo, Georg Feulner, Steve Kern, Johanna Lister, Gabriel McClelland, Miriam Njoki, Patrick Noack, Francesco Petruccione, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Catriona Waitt, Bernd Rosenkranz, Goonaseela Pillai   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory cytokines mediate the progression of severe anemia in malaria‐infected children: A prospective study

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract Background Severe Plasmodium falciparum malarial anemia is still the principal cause of death in children in underdeveloped countries. An imbalance between proinflammatory and anti‐inflammatory cytokines is associated with malaria progression.
Charles Nkansah, Felix Osei‐Boakye, Gabriel Abbam, Samuel K. Appiah, Samira Daud, Bright Boakye, Samsiyatu Abdulai, Madina Ahmed, Theophilus B. Antwi, Birago Boateng, Miigbat P. Libatin, Alexander S. Mensah, Mary K. Missah, Richard V. Duneeh, Ashiya Haruna, Stephany Adda, Pagnaa G. Abdul‐Rauf, Zacharia A. Ofori, George B. Fosu, Sandra Segnitome, Isaac Adjei, Emmanuel Appiah‐Kubi, Moses Banyeh, Charles A. Derigubah, Muniru M. Tanko, Ejike F. Chukwurah   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention plus azithromycin on Plasmodium falciparum transmission: gametocyte infectivity and mosquito fitness

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) consists of administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) + amodiaquine (AQ) at monthly intervals to children during the malaria transmission period.
Koudraogo Bienvenue Yaméogo, Rakiswendé Serge Yerbanga, Seydou Bienvenu Ouattara, Franck A. Yao, Thierry Lefèvre, Issaka Zongo, Frederic Nikièma, Yves Daniel Compaoré, Halidou Tinto, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood, Adrien M. G. Belem, Anna Cohuet, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of molecular markers of drug resistance in an area of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children in Senegal [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2013
In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality especially in children. In Senegal, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) previously referred to as intermittent preventive treatment in children (IPTc) is a new strategy for malaria control in areas of high seasonal transmission.
Lo, A. C., Faye, B., Ba, E. H., Cisse, B., Tine, R., Abiola, A., Ndiaye, M., Ndiaye, J. L. A., Ndiaye, D., /Sokhna, Cheikh, Gomis, J. F., Dieng, Y., Faye, O., Ndir, O., Milligan, P., Cairns, M., Hallett, R., Sutherland, C., Gaye, O.   +18 more
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Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention based on the number of medicines doses received on malaria burden among children aged 3–59 months in Nigeria: A propensity score‐matched analysis

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 29, Issue 8, Page 668-679, August 2024.
Abstract Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention using sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine on Day 1 and amodiaquine on both Day 2 and Day 3) is delivered to children aged 3–59 months in areas of highly season malaria transmission.
Sikai Huang, Kevin Baker, Taiwo Ibinaiye, Olusola Oresanya, Chuks Nnaji, Sol Richardson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of formative research to inform the design of a seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention in northern Nigeria [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2016
Experience of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is growing in the Sahel sub-region of Africa, though there remains insufficient evidence to recommend a standard deployment strategy. In 2012, a project was initiated in Katsina state, northern Nigeria, to design an appropriate and effective community-based delivery approach for SMC, in consultation ...
Madeleine Marasciulo, Sandrine Martin, Musa Abubakar Kana, Musa Abubakar Kana, Musa Abubakar Kana, Maxwell Kolawole, Ebenezer Baba, Prudence Hamade, John Dada, Naome Wandera, Sylvia Meek, Tanimu Babale, Clare E. Strachan, Clare E. Strachan, Helen Counihan   +14 more
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