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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel subregion of Africa: a cost-effectiveness and cost-savings analysis [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2021
The intermittent administration of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended to prevent malaria among children aged 3-59 months in areas of the Sahel subregion in Africa. However, the cost-effectiveness and cost savings of SMC have not previously been evaluated in large-scale studies.We did a cost-effectiveness and cost-savings analysis of ...
David Collins   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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

open access: yesInfection 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   +14 more
doaj  

Nutritional status in young children prior to the malaria transmission season in Burkina Faso and Mali, and its impact on the incidence of clinical malaria

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2021
Background Malaria and malnutrition remain major problems in Sahel countries, especially in young children. The direct effect of malnutrition on malaria remains poorly understood, and may have important implications for malaria control.
Mariken de Wit   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of contextual factors related to seasonal malaria chemoprevention

open access: yes, 2022
Report considered by the WHO/GMP Guideline Development Group on Malaria Chemoprevention for “Section 4.2.3 Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)” of the WHO Guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
Bhattarai A   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Acceptability by community health workers in Senegal of combining community case management of malaria and seasonal malaria chemoprevention [PDF]

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2013
Community case management of malaria (CCMm) and seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) are anti-malarial interventions that can lead to substantial reduction in malaria burden acting in synergy. However, little is known about the social acceptability of these interventions.
Tine, Roger Ck   +11 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Optimal dosing of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in young children

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention provides substantial benefit for young children, but resistance to used drugs will likely develop. Here, Chotsiri et al.
Palang Chotsiri   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in three regions of Togo: a population-based longitudinal study from 2013 to 2020

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2022
Background In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in areas of high seasonal transmission. Though implemented since 2013, the effectiveness of SMC in Togo was never evaluated.
Tchaa A. Bakai   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micronutrient Powders Combined With Malaria Chemoprevention to Improve Anaemia and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood in Mali: A Cluster‐Randomised Trial

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Globally nearly 40% of children under 5 years old are anaemic, which affects their ability to grow and develop. A cluster randomised trial was conducted in 60 communities in Southern Mali to evaluate the added impact of home fortification with micronutrient powders, delivered alongside seasonal malaria chemoprevention, on anaemia, malaria infection ...
Niélé H. Diarra   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improved housing versus usual practice for additional protection against clinical malaria in The Gambia (RooPfs): a household-randomised controlled trial

open access: yesThe 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   +13 more
doaj  

Evaluation of the implementation fidelity of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention in Kaya health district, Burkina Faso. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Burkina Faso implemented the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in 2014 in seven pilot health districts, following the new recommendation by the WHO in 2012 for the prevention of the disease in children under five years old, for areas of highly ...
Rachidatou Compaoré   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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