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Combining malaria vaccination with chemoprevention: a promising new approach to malaria control

Malaria Journal, 2021
Malaria control has stalled in a number of African countries and novel approaches to malaria control are needed for these areas. The encouraging results of a recent trial conducted in young children in Burkina Faso and Mali in which a combination of the ...
Brian Greenwood, Matthew Cairns, Mike Chaponda, R. Matthew Chico, Alassane Dicko, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Kamija S. Phiri, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Daniel Chandramohan   +8 more
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Improved housing versus usual practice for additional protection against clinical malaria in The Gambia (RooPfs): a household-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021
Summary: Background: In malaria-endemic areas, residents of modern houses have less malaria than those living in traditional houses. We aimed to assess whether children in The Gambia received an incremental benefit from improved housing, where current ...
Margaret Pinder, PhD, John Bradley, PhD, Musa Jawara, MSc, Muna Affara, PhD, Lesong Conteh, PhD, Simon Correa, BSc, David Jeffries, PhD, Caroline Jones, PhD, Balla Kandeh, MSc, Jakob Knudsen, MAA, Yekini Olatunji, MBChB, Elisa Sicuri, PhD, Umberto D'Alessandro, ProfPhD, Steve W Lindsay, ProfPhD   +13 more
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Seasonal vaccination against malaria: a potential use for an imperfect malaria vaccine

Malaria Journal, 2017
In many parts of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel, where malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity, transmission of the infection is highly seasonal.
Brian Greenwood, Alassane Dicko, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Halidou Tinto, Matthew Cairns, Irene Kuepfer, Paul Milligan, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Ogobara Doumbo, Daniel Chandramohan   +10 more
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Effectiveness of malaria control programs in West Africa: a narrative review [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, 2022
Malaria is a major public health challenge in Africa, especially in West African countries. Its impacts on the individuals and families in these countries go beyond the physical health status to the financial crises it leaves them to nurse.
T. Sokunbi, T. Adesanya, F. Aremu
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Mass campaigns combining antimalarial drugs and anti-infective vaccines as seasonal interventions for malaria control, elimination and prevention of resurgence: a modelling study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background The only licensed malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, has been developed for morbidity-control in young children. The potential impact on transmission of deploying such anti-infective vaccines to wider age ranges, possibly with co-administration of ...
Flavia Camponovo, Chris F. Ockenhouse, Cynthia Lee, Melissa A. Penny   +3 more
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Predictors of caregiver adherence to administration of amodiaquine during delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among infants and children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Sahel, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is delivered door-to-door in monthly cycles.
Taiwo Ibinaiye, Olusola Oresanya, Chibuzo Oguoma, Adaeze Aidenagbon, Olabisi Ogunmola, Christian Rassi, Sol Richardson   +6 more
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Barriers to uptake and implementation of malaria chemoprevention in school-aged children: a stakeholder engagement meeting report

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Malaria is a leading cause of death in school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa, and non-fatal chronic malaria infections are associated with anaemia, school absence and decreased learning, preventing children from reaching their full potential ...
Colette Morlino, Colette Morlino, Isabel Byrne, Isabel Byrne, Jane Achan, Vito Baraka, Aissata Barry, Teun Bousema, Teun Bousema, Alioune Camara, Frank Chacky, Frank Chacky, R. Matthew Chico, R. Matthew Chico, Sian E. Clarke, Sian E. Clarke, Katharine A. Collins, Seynude Jean-Fortune Dagnon, Ousmane Diallo, Seydou Doumbia, Jaline Gerardin, Denise Hein, Abdallah S. Lusasi, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Geofrey Makenga, Geofrey Makenga, Olugbenga A. Mokuolu, Irene Mwenyango, Jane Nabakooza, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Melissa A. Penny, Melissa A. Penny, Aboubacar Sadou, Sarah G. Staedke, André Marie Tchouatieu, Alfred B. Tiono, Mahamoudou Toure, Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Suzanne Van Hulle, Eve Worrall, Jean-Baptiste Bibié Yaro, Chris Drakeley, Chris Drakeley, Lauren M. Cohee   +44 more
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: successes and missed opportunities

Malaria Journal, 2017
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was recommended in 2012 for young children in the Sahel during the peak malaria transmission season. Children are given a single dose of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combined with a 3-day course of amodiaquine, once a ...
Matthew E. Coldiron, Lorenz Von Seidlein, Rebecca F. Grais   +2 more
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Delivery strategies for malaria vaccination in areas with seasonal malaria transmission

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Seasonal vaccination with the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine given alongside seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) substantially reduces malaria in young children.
Jayne Webster, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan, Alassane Dicko, Issaka Sagara, Halimatou Diawara, Fatoumata Koita, Seydou Traoré, Jane Grant, Jessica Myers   +9 more
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Implementation strategies for the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in countries with areas of highly seasonal transmission: workshop meeting report

Malaria Journal, 2023
A workshop on implementation strategies for the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in countries with areas of highly seasonal transmission, was held as a hybrid meeting in Dakar, Senegal, and online, 23–25 January 2023. Delegates from
Corinne S. Merle, RTSS-SMC working group
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