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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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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, Kasolo, Francis, Ki-Zerbo, Georges A, Sambo, Luis Gomes   +3 more
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Monthly malaria chemoprevention shows potential in an area of very high, perennial malaria transmission [PDF]

, 2015
Cairns, M, Walker, PG
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Lancet Infect Dis [PDF]

BackgroundRapid declines in malaria prevalence, cases, and deaths have been achieved globally during the past 15 years because of improved access to first-line treatment and vector control.

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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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Evaluating seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage using the lot quality assurance sampling method in Niger

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundRapid data collection is paramount for monitoring and evaluating public health activities. Several techniques are used, including the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method, which originated in the industrial sector and has many ...
Almoustapha Mahamane Wazodan, Ibrahim Alkassoum, Mahamane Moustapha Lamine, Djibrilla Arouna, Mounkaila Salou, Léon Blaise Gwendé Savadogo   +5 more
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Countdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health in 2009-10, and assessment of progress since 2003.

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Tracking of financial resources to maternal, newborn, and child health provides crucial information to assess accountability of donors. We analysed official development assistance (ODA) flows to maternal, newborn, and child health for 2009 ...
Berman, Peter, Greco, Giulia, Hsu, Justine, Mills, Anne, Pitt, Catherine   +4 more
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Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Prospectus on Malaria Elimination [PDF]

, 2009
\ud Thirty-nine countries across the world are making progress toward malaria elimination. Some are committed to nationwide elimination, while others are pursuing spatially progressive elimination within their borders.
Feachem, Richard G.A., Phillips, Allison A., Targett, Geoff rey A.   +2 more
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Chemoprevention of malaria with long-acting oral and injectable drugs: an updated target product profile

Malaria Journal
Malaria is preventable, but the burden of disease remains high with over 249 million cases and 608,000 deaths reported in 2022. Historically, the most important protective interventions have been vector control and chemopreventive medicines with over 50 ...
Myriam El Gaaloul, Andre Marie Tchouatieu, Kassoum Kayentao, Brice Campo, Benedicte Buffet, Hanu Ramachandruni, Jean Louis Ndiaye, Timothy N. C. Wells, Celine Audibert, Jane Achan, Cristina Donini, Hellen C. Barsosio, Halidou Tinto   +12 more
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Subnational tailoring of malaria interventions to prioritize the malaria response in Guinea

Malaria Journal
Background In the context of high malaria burden yet limited resources, Guinea’s national malaria programme adopted an innovative subnational tailoring (SNT) approach, including engagement of stakeholders, data review, and data analytics, to update their
Ousmane Oumou Diallo, Abdourahamane Diallo, Kok Ben Toh, Nouman Diakité, Mohamed Dioubaté, Manuela Runge, Tasmin Symons, Elhadj Marouf Diallo, Jaline Gerardin, Beatriz Galatas, Alioune Camara   +10 more
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