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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Coverage Survey Guinea, 2018

, 2019
The 2018 SMC coverage survey in Guinea was conducted by the University Gamal Abdel Nasser, Conakry and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme and Catholic Relief Services ...
Loua, Kovana Marcel, Milligan, Paul
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A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu [PDF]

, 2013
A high-resolution surveillance-response system has been developed within a geographic information system (GIS) to support malaria elimination in the Pacific.
John Smale, Taleo, George, Palmer, Kevin, Archie CA Clements, Marcel Tanner, Hale, Erick, Hugo Bugoro, Smale, John, Clements, Archie C. A., Kevin Palmer, Gerard C Kelly, Clements, Archie, Bobogare, Albino, Tanner, Marcel, Vestergaard, Lasse, Vallely, Andrew, Kelly, Gerard, Donald, Wesley, Erick Hale, Lasse S Vestergaard, Albino Bobogare, Johnny Nausien, George Taleo, Kelly, Gerard C., Willie Batarii, Batarii, Willie, Nausien, Johnny, Bugoro, Hugo, Vestergaard, Lasse S., Andrew Vallely, Wesley Donald   +30 more
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Baseline malarial and nutritional profile of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso

PLoS ONE, 2023
Seasonal Malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is one of the large-scale life-saving malaria interventions initially recommended for the Sahel subregion, including Burkina Faso and recently extended to other parts of Africa.
Paul Sondo, Toussaint Rouamba, Marc Christian Tahita, Karim Derra, Berenger Kabore, Yssimini Nadège Guillène Tibiri, Hyacinthe Abd-El Latif Faïçal Kabore, So-vii Franck Hien, Florence Ouedraogo, Adama Kazienga, Hamidou Ilboudo, Eli Rouamba, Thiery Lefevre, Halidou Tinto   +13 more
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Anti-malarial drugs and the prevention of malaria in the population of malaria endemic areas. [PDF]

, 2010
Anti-malarial drugs can make a significant contribution to the control of malaria in endemic areas when used for prevention as well as for treatment. Chemoprophylaxis is effective in preventing deaths and morbidity from malaria, but it is difficult to ...
Greenwood Brian, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood   +2 more
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Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on incidence of malaria among children under five years in Kotido and Moroto Districts, Uganda, 2021: time series analysis

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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Evaluation of the implementation fidelity of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention in Kaya health district, Burkina Faso.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundBurkina Faso implemented the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in 2014 in seven pilot health districts, following the new recommendation by the WHO in 2012 for the prevention of the disease in children under five years old, for areas of ...
Rachidatou Compaoré, Maurice Wambi Evariste Yameogo, Tieba Millogo, Halima Tougri, Seni Kouanda   +4 more
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Strengthening malaria control through seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in Guinea-Bissau

, 2017
In Guinea-Bissau, malaria is the leading morbidity and cause of mortality due to diseases in children under 5 years old. To reduce this, MSF has designed the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in the Bafatá region of Guinea-Bissau. This implementation was the first in Guinea-Bissau to have a good outcome, and MSF has trained staff in other regions ...
Rocaspana, Mercè, Dakitche Lawoe Houedakor, Villen, Susana   +2 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 practical approach for monitoring the effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Niger

, 2015
Objectives of this research project are: estimating seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) effectiveness in Magaria district, Niger, globally and per each SMC round. Also we will evaluate how SMC effectiveness changes in time elapsed since the last SMC distribution.The method used proved practical to evaluate SMC.
Koscalova, Alena, Gignoux, Etienne, Iza Ciglenecki, Azman, Andrew, Sterk, Esther, Quere, Michel   +5 more
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Forecasting malaria incidence from historical morbidity patterns in epidemic-prone areas of Ethiopia: a simple seasonal adjustment method performs best.

, 2002
The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of different methods of forecasting malaria incidence from historical morbidity patterns in areas with unstable transmission.
Abeku, Tarekegn A, Olana, Dereje, Habbema, JDF, Borsboom, Gerard, van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J, Teklehaimanot, Awash, de Vlas, Sake J, Kebede, Asnakew   +7 more
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