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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
ABSTRACT. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for children under 5 years of age for up to four monthly cycles during malaria transmission season was recommended by the WHO in 2012 and has been implemented in 13 countries in the Sahel, reaching more than 30 million children annually.
Thwing J, Williamson J, Cavros I, Gutman JR.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention based on the number of medicines doses received on malaria burden among children aged 3–59 months in Nigeria: A propensity score‐matched analysis

Tropical Medicine and International Health
Abstract Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention using sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine on Day 1 and amodiaquine on both Day 2 and Day 3) is delivered to children aged 3–59 months in areas of highly season malaria transmission.
Kevin N Baker, Sol Richardson
exaly   +2 more sources

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. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
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.
Afolabi MO, Adu-Gyasi D, Paintain L, Tawiah T, Ali MS, Greenwood B, Asante KP.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: an observational study [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2020
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) aims to prevent malaria in children during the high malaria transmission season. The Achieving Catalytic Expansion of SMC in the Sahel (ACCESS-SMC) project sought to remove barriers to the scale-up of SMC in seven countries in 2015 and 2016.
Diego Moroso, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, James Kananura Tibenderana   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention timing on clinical malaria incidence dynamics in the Kedougou region, Senegal. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Abstract Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine is recommended by the World Health Organization since 2012 for clinical malaria prevention in children in the Sahelian region of Africa. In Senegal, SMC implementation began in 2013 and is given to children under 10 years old. This study aimed
Kazanga B, Ba EH, Legendre E, Cissoko M, Fleury L, Bérard L, Diop A, Sokhna C, Danfakha F, Sagara I, Ndiaye JL, Gaudart J, Landier J.   +12 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation in the Upper East region of Northern Ghana. [PDF]

Malar J
Ghana adopted the WHO-recommended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in 2016 following a pilot study as a vital strategy for malaria control. SMC is the intermittent administration of a preventive and curative dose of anti-malarial medicine (Sulfadoxine-Pyrimetamine + Amodiaquine) during four months of the malaria season.
Ayamba EY, Dzotsi EK, Dormechele W, Ansah NA, Bangre O, Nyuzaghl JA, Abilba SA, Boakye-Boateng SK, Ansah PO.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in settings with extended seasonal malaria transmission in Tanzania

Scientific Reports
Effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was assessed in Nanyumbu and Masasi Districts. Between March and June 2021, children aged 3–59 months were enrolled in a cluster randomized study.
Richard Mwaiswelo, Billy Ngasala, Frank Chaky, Fabrizio Molteni, Ally Mohamed, Samwel Lazaro, Bushukatale Samwel, Bruno P. Mmbando   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on incidence of malaria among children under five years in Kotido and Moroto Districts, Uganda, 2021: time series analysis [PDF]

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections and determinants of carriage in a seasonal malaria chemoprevention setting in Northern Cameroon and south Senegal (Kedougou) [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Among the several strategies recommended for the fight against malaria, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine combination (SPAQ) targets children 3 months to 5 years in Sahel regions of Africa to
Innocent M. Ali, Isaac A. Manga, Akindeh M. Nji, Valery P. Tchuenkam, Peter Thelma Ngwa Neba, Dorothy F. Achu, Jude D. Bigoga, Babacar Faye, Cally Roper, Colin J. Sutherland, Wilfred F. Mbacham   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources