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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children aged 3-59 months in Mali: parents' perceptions, attitudes and beliefs regarding drug administration. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
In Mali, malaria remains the major endemic and leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the most vulnerable groups, notably children under five years of age and pregnant women.
Diarra K, Dembele B, Ouattara A, Simpore I.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a plausibility evaluation of routine data from health facilities in three implementing states in Nigeria. [PDF]

Malar J
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) has been recommended by the World Health Organization since 2012 for eligible children in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal and intense.
Ikechukwu EC, Okereke E, Ogunmola O, Chukwumerije J, Emeto D, Salifu E, Balogun A, Oguoma C, Shekarau E, Ogbulafor N, Cassidy E, Rassi C, Oresanya O, Nnaji CA.   +13 more
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Determinants of access to health facilities among under-five children with caregiver-reported fever in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Togo, 2020-2022. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Malaria is responsible for 580,000 deaths among children under 5, or 95% of all malaria deaths per year globally. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a malaria control intervention in Togo and other African countries targeting children under 5 ...
Abebe ED, Huang S, Baker K, Awokou F, Zelalem M, Chekol TS, Weldemichael AT, Richardson S.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Development of a new wealth index for South Sudan: association between household wealth and malaria prevention practices in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
The World Health Organization recommends seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine (SPAQ) to prevent malaria among children aged 3–59 months in regions with marked seasonality of malaria transmission ...
Huang S, Khan J, Lokang F, Ayuiel AR, Baker K, Julla A, Richardson S.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

"I heard at home. The leader came by to inform". The role of community leaders and community distributors in promoting uptake of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula Province, Mozambique: a qualitative study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective intervention to prevent malaria in children, in high transmission areas that have seasonal peaks. Since 2020, SMC with sulfadoxine -pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SPAQ) has been implemented in
Sitoe M, Candrinho B, Baker K, Machava J, Passe R, Tarquino IAP.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundSeasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is currently recommended for children under five in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal.
Gifty D Antwi, Laura A Bates, Rebecca King, Princess R Mahama, Harry Tagbor, Matt Cairns, James N Newell   +6 more
doaj   +6 more sources

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Frequencies of molecular markers of drug resistance in the context of two different Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) treatment regimens in the Koulikoro health district, Mali. [PDF]

Antimicrob Agents Chemother
With growing concern about parasite resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in West Africa, the effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA + PQ) was assessed as an alternative drug regimen for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC).
Traore B, Kane F, Toure M, Jørgensen MHM, Sanogo D, Keita S, Keita M, Sogoba N, Shaw-Saliba K, Diakite M, Shaffer JG, Alifrangis M, Hansson H, Doumbia S.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pharmacokinetic considerations in seasonal malaria chemoprevention

Trends in Parasitology, 2022
Los niños africanos menores de 5 años soportan la principal carga de la mortalidad mundial por malaria. La quimioprevención estacional de la malaria (SMC) con sulfadoxina-pirimetamina (SP) más amodiaquina (AQ) administrada mensualmente durante la temporada de lluvias es una intervención altamente efectiva contra la malaria para niños de entre 3 meses y
Palang Chotsiri, Nicholas J. White, Joel Tärning   +2 more
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Knowledge and Uptake of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention among Caregivers of Under-five Children in a Tertiary Hospital in Kaduna State, North-western Nigeria. [PDF]

Niger Med J
Background Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic infection primarily found in the tropics, and seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is one of the strategies used to protect children.
Tom HM, Suleiman AG, Usman S, Darma MA, Yahaya U, Wakawa MM, Hamza AS, Babandi ZS.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources