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Design and selection of drug properties to increase the public health impact of next-generation seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study

medRxiv, 2023
Background: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended for disease control in settings with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission and currently depends on administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with amodiaquine.
Braunack-Mayer L, Malinga J, Masserey T, Nekkab N, Sen S, Schellenberg D, Tchouatieu A, Kelly SL, Penny MA.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cost-effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in upper west region of Ghana [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2016
In Ghana, malaria is endemic and perennial (with significant seasonal variations in the three Northern Regions), accounting for 33 % of all deaths among children under 5 years old, with prevalence rates in children under-five ranging from 11 % in Greater Accra to 40 % in Northern Region.
Justice Nonvignon, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Shamwill Issah, Patrick Ansah, Keziah Malm, Winfred Ofosu, Titus Tagoe, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Moses Aikins   +8 more
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Effect of routine seasonal malaria chemoprevention on malaria trends in children under 5 years in Dangassa, Mali [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a new strategy to prevent malaria in children under 5 years old. It has been recommended by the World Health Organization since 2012 in malaria-endemic areas with seasonal transmission.
Drissa Konaté, Sory I. Diawara, Mahamoudou Touré, Seidina A. S. Diakité, Agnès Guindo, Karim Traoré, Ayouba Diarra, Bourama Keita, Sibe Thiam, Moussa Keita, Ibrahim Sissoko, Nafomon Sogoba, Sékou F. Traoré, Donald J. Krogtad, Seydou Doumbia, Mahamadou Diakité   +15 more
doaj   +4 more sources

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 ...
Fatou Diawara, Laura C. Steinhardt, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Tiangoua Traore, Daouda Koné, Halimatou Diawara, Beh Kamaté, Diakalia Koné, Mouctar Diallo, Aboubacar Sadou, Jules Mihigo, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Erin Eckert, Alassane Dicko   +14 more
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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
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

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
Abebe ED, Huang S, Baker K, Awokou F, Zelalem M, Chekol TS, Weldemichael AT, Richardson S.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Patterns of patent and sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections in household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso. [PDF]

Malar J
Kambou SAE, Sondo P, Kabore B, Bayala IMC, Kouevi AFC, Compaore EW, Millogo KS, Ismaïla B, Rouamba T, Kazienga A, Karim D, Rouamba E, Dahal P, Otienoburu SD, Raman J, Dhorda M, Bamba S, Guérin PJ, Tinto H.   +18 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The role of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the effect of azithromycin on child mortality: A secondary analysis of the CHAT cluster randomized clinical trial. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Gebreegziabher EA, Ouattara M, Bountogo M, Coulibaly B, Boudo V, Ouedraogo T, Lebas E, Hu H, O'Brien KS, Hsiang MS, Glidden DV, Arnold BF, Lietman TM, Sié A, Oldenburg CE.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Usefulness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2023
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention is an important intervention recommended for children aged 3–59 months living in highly seasonal transmission areas of the Sahel subregion of Africa to provide protection against malaria during the rainy season. In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Colin J Sutherland and colleagues report on the prevalence of Plasmodium ...
Kayiba Kalenda, Nadine, Tshibangu-Kabamba, Evariste, Nakagama, Yu, Kaku, Natsuko, Kaneko, Akira, Speybroeck, Niko, Kido, Yasutoshi   +6 more
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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
Diarra K, Dembele B, Ouattara A, Simpore I.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources