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Status and prospects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention among children in Sahelian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
In areas with seasonal malaria transmission, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves giving children a three-day course of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine once a month during the transmission season.
Medard Djedanem, Noura Mamane Salé, Elhadji Yacoudima Yacoubou Mahaman Aminou, Jean Testa, Ronan Jambou   +4 more
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Trends in uncomplicated and severe malaria following seasonal malaria chemoprevention administration in Nouna, Burkina Faso: a quasi-experimental pre-post study [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background While Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) has been adopted as a malaria control strategy in regions with seasonal transmission, continued monitoring and evaluation of its effectiveness across diverse ecological, epidemiological, and ...
Elisabeth A. Gebreegziabher, Mamadou Ouattara, Mamadou Bountogo, Boubacar Coulibaly, Valentin Boudo, Thierry Ouedraogo, Elodie Lebas, Huiyu Hu, David V. Glidden, Benjamin F. Arnold, Thomas M. Lietman, Ali Sié, Catherine E. Oldenburg   +12 more
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: An Evolving Research Paradigm.

PLoS Medicine, 2016
Robert W. Snow discusses the importance of empirical evidence, such as that provided in the trial published this week by Milligan and colleagues, in guiding malaria control in Africa.
Robert W Snow
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Epidemiology of malaria in an area of seasonal transmission in Niger and implications for the design of a seasonal malaria chemoprevention strategy [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2013
Abstract Background Few data are available about malaria epidemiological situation in Niger. However, implementation of new strategies such as vaccination or seasonal treatment of a target population requires the knowledge of baseline epidemiological features of malaria.
Guillebaud, Julia, Mahamadou, Aboubacar, Zamanka, Halima, Katzelma, Mariama, Arzika, Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Maman L, Duchemin, Jean-Bernard, Eltahir, Elfatih A. B., Labbo, Rabiou, Druilhe, Pierre, Fandeur, Thierry   +10 more
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Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Implementation: Effect on Malaria Incidence and Immunity in a Context of Expansion of P. falciparum Resistant Genotypes with Potential Reduction of the Effectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Séni Nikiema,1,2 Issiaka Soulama,1,3 Salif Sombié,1 André-Marie Tchouatieu,4 Samuel Sindie Sermé,5 Noëlie Béré Henry,5 Nicolas Ouedraogo,1 Nathalie Ouaré,1,6 Raissa Ily,1,6 Oumarou Ouédraogo,3 Dramane Zongo,3 Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma,2 Alfred B Tiono,1
Nikiema S, Soulama I, Sombié S, Tchouatieu AM, Sermé SS, Henry NB, Ouedraogo N, Ouaré N, Ily R, Ouédraogo O, Zongo D, Djigma FW, Tiono AB, Sirima SB, Simporé J   +14 more
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School-aged children based seasonal malaria chemoprevention using artesunate-amodiaquine in Mali

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2018
Introduction: Malaria is still a public health problem in Africa. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is an efficient control strategy recommended by WHO that targets children under five year old living in areas of seasonal malaria transmission.
Mahamadou A. Thera, Abdoulaye K. Kone, Bourama Tangara, Elizabeth Diarra, Sirama Niare, Abdramane Dembele, Mahamadou S. Sissoko, Ogobara K. Doumbo   +7 more
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Measuring the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention as part of routine malaria control in Kita, Mali

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, Steinhardt, Laura, Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Traore, Tiangoua, Koné, Daouda, Diawara, Halimatou, Kamate, Beh, Kone, Diakalia, Diallo, Mouctar, Sadou, Aboubacar, Mihigo, Jules, Sagara, Issaka, Djimde, Abdoulaye, Eckert, Erin, Dicko, Alassane   +14 more
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Inaugural meeting of the malaria policy advisory committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2012
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met for the first time from 31 January to 2 February 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting,
Abdulla, S, Rietveld, A, Abdulla, Salim, Valecha, N, Ringwald, P, Malik, E, Leke, R, D'Souza, Bianca, Valecha, Neena, Meek, S, Greenwood, Brian, D'Souza, B, Robert D Newman, Cibulskis, Richard, Cibulskis, R, Ringwald, Pascal, Mnzava, Abraham, Greenwood, B, Tanner, M, Mendis, Kamini, Rietveld, Aafje, Alonso, P, d'Acremont, Valerie, White, Nicholas, Graves, Patricia, Slutsker, Larry, Mendis, K, Olemese, Peter, Meek, Sylvia, Bosman, Andrea, Schapira, Allan, Cunningham, J, Newman, Robert, Lines, J, Schapira, A, Malik, Elfatih, Mnzava, A, Cunningham, Jane, Tanner, Marcel, Alonso, Pedro, Lines, Jo, Bosman, A, Marsh, K, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat,, Leke, Rose, Olemese, P, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat, Slutsker, L, Binka, Fred, Graves, P, Binka, F, d'Acremont, V, Marsh, Kevin, Newman, R, Advisory, WHOMP, White, N   +55 more
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Emergence of Plasmodium falciparum pfdhps A581G mutation in Southern Senegal under Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention pressure, 2020-2023 [PDF]

Communications Medicine
Background: Malaria prevention in Senegal includes the use of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine. Prolonged use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, however, can select for mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum ...
Mamadou Alpha Diallo, Abdoulaye Tine, Djiby Sow, Aita Sene, Amy Gaye, Yaye D. Ndiaye, Jules Gomis, Baba Dieye, Awa B. Deme, Mamadou S. Yade, Bassirou Ngom, Mamane N. Garba, Ibrahima M. Ndiaye, Khadim Diongue, Aida Sadikh Badiane, Mame Cheikh Seck, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Daouda Ndiaye   +17 more
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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
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