Some evidence that seasonal malaria chemoprevention with SPAQ has an effect on blood stage antibody responses and pre-erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Niger. [PDF]
, 2020 Lamine Mahaman Moustapha +7 more
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Malaria Journal, 2017 Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a new strategy recommended by WHO in areas of highly seasonal transmission in March 2012. Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown SMC to be highly effective, evidence and experience from routine implementation of SMC are limited.A non-randomized pragmatic trial with pre-post design was used ...
Diawara, Fatou +14 more
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Review of mass drug administration for malaria and its operational challenges. [PDF]
, 2015 Mass drug administration (MDA) was a component of many malaria programs during the eradication era, but later was seldomly deployed due to concerns regarding efficacy and feasibility and fear of accelerating drug resistance.
Chen, Ingrid +12 more
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Progress Report on Implementation of Regional Committee Resolution AFR/RC59/R3 on Accelerated Malaria Control [PDF]
, 2013 Several resolutions have been adopted and commitments made to scale up malaria control towards elimination in the African Region. These include United Nations, African Union, regional economic communities, World Health Assembly and Regional Committee ...
Diarra, Tieman +3 more
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, 2013 The 2013 Annual Report includes a review of the year, research highlights and activities across the School's three Faculties, and key facts and figures.
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Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND\ud \ud After a national voucher scheme in 2004 provided pregnant women and infants with highly subsidized insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), use among children under five years (U5s) in mainland Tanzania increased from 16% in 2004 to 26.2% in ...
Bonner, Kimberly +10 more
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Uganda introduced seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Karamoja region, an area where transmission of malaria is high. While SMC is effective in similar settings, 2023 surveillance data in Kotido District showed a 15% increase in ...
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Towards Eliminating Malaria in High Endemic Countries: The Roles of Community Health Workers and Related Cadres and their Challenges in Integrated Community Case Management for Malaria: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
, 2017 Human resource for health crisis has impaired global efforts against malaria in highly endemic countries. To address this, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended scaling-up of community health workers (CHWs) and related cadres owing to their ...
Ayer, Rakesh +3 more
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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 +13 more
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