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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

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 22-30, January 2025.
Abstract Objectives 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 high in Ghana, West Africa.
Muhammed O. Afolabi, Dennis Adu‐Gyasi, Lucy Paintain, Theresa Tawiah, Mohammed Sanni Ali, Brian Greenwood, Kwaku Poku Asante   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria chemoprevention and drug resistance

, 2022
This report was considered by the WHO/GMP Guideline Development Group on Malaria Chemoprevention for “Section 4.2 Preventive chemotherapies” of the WHO Guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.Review subsequently published on 24 March 2022 in Malaria Journal:
Plowe C
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A LC‐MS/MS Assay for Quantification of Amodiaquine and Desethylamodiaquine in Dried Blood Spots on Filter Paper

International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Artesunate–amodiaquine (ARS–AQ) is a first‐line antimalarial treatment recommended by the World Health Organization. AQ is the long acting partner drug in this combination, and therapeutic success is correlated with the terminal exposure to AQ. Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling for AQ is a convenient and minimally invasive technique, especially suitable ...
Natpapat Kaewkhao, Joel Tarning, Daniel Blessborn, Daipayan Roy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria Prevention Strategies in South Sudan

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2020
The whole of South Sudan is endemic for malaria, with high transmission in the country throughout the year. Malaria is the leading cause of illness and death in children under five years. In 2019, the malaria incidence (all ages) was estimated at 246 per
Harriet Akello Pasquale
doaj  

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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Phase one of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to assess the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula Province, Mozambique

Malaria Journal
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective intervention for malaria prevention in high burden areas with seasonal transmission, historically implemented in the Sahel.
Kevin Baker, Ivan Alejandro Pulido Tarquino, Pedro Aide, Craig Bonnington, Christian Rassi, Sol Richardson, Chuks Nnaji, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Maria Rodrigues, Mercia Sitoe, Sonia Enosse, Caitlin McGugan, Francisco Saute, Gloria Matambisso, Baltazar Candrinho   +14 more
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Modeling the Impact of Malaria Chemoprevention with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine on the spread of Plasmodium falciparum dhps A581G mutation

Infectious Disease Modelling
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is a key antimalarial used in chemoprevention strategies, including intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp); intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi); seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC); and ...
Nicholaus Mziray, Lucy C. Okell, Samson Kiware, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Neterindwa Ainea, Deus S. Ishengoma, Nkuba Nyerere   +6 more
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Seasonal malaria prevention

Malaria expert Dr. Paul Milligan discusses the benefits of seasonal malaria chemoprevention and how up to 80% of malaria cases can be prevented in high-risk communities.
LSHTM
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A summary of the health districts and population in the countries of the Nouakchott Initiative for targeting of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Sahel from 2015–2020.

, 2015
A summary of the health districts and population in the countries of the Nouakchott Initiative for targeting of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Sahel from 2015–2020.
Bernard Mitto (790270), Drissa Coulibaly (69544), Robert W. Snow (91290), Abdisalan Mohamed Noor (790269), Eliud Kibuchi (759634), Ogobara K. Doumbo (67163)   +5 more
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Nutritional Status and Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Effectiveness in African Children: A Systematic Review

This systematic review aims to To systematically synthesize evidence on (i) the association between nutritional status and malaria-related outcomes and (ii) the impact of nutritional interventions among children aged 3-59 months receiving SP-AQ-based ...
Nafomon Sogoba, Mahamadou Thera, Mahamadou Diakité, Safiatou Niare Doumbo, Peter Winch, Abou SOGODOGO, Soumba KEITA, Daouda Sanogo, Mahamoudou Toure, Cheick Oumar Tangara, Sory Ibrahim Diawara, Idiatou Diallo, Fousseyni Kané, Abdoulaye Kassoum Koné, Hamady Coulibaly, Seydou Doumbia, Moussa Keita   +16 more
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