ArticleScientific reports2018
Implementation, coverage and equity of large-scale door-to-door delivery of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) to children under 10 in Senegal.
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- Contextual Factors to Improve Implementation of Malaria Chemoprevention in Children: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
- Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice.International journal for equity in health · 2022Pooled it
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- 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.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Supporting evidence-based decisions about the geographic and demographic extensions of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Benin: A modelling study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Adherence to referral advice and its associated factors among community drug distributors and caregiver during SMC implementation in nine states.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Field testing of user-friendly perennial malaria chemoprevention packaging in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique.Malaria journal · 2024Observational
- Predictors of accessing seasonal malaria chemoprevention medicines through non-door-to-door distribution in Nigeria.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Malaria trends in districts that were targeted and not-targeted for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children under 5 years of age in Guinea, 2014-2021.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) uptake in Nigeria: a qualitative approach.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on a door-to-door intervention to increase community engagement for malaria elimination in Zanzibar.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Impact of mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide nets on the incidence of malaria in Lomami, Democratic Republic of Congo: a study based on electronic health record data (2018 - 2019).The Pan African medical journal · 2023Observational
- Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in three regions of Togo: a population-based longitudinal study from 2013 to 2020.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Survey and Analysis of Chemoprophylaxis Policies for Domestic Travel in Malaria-Endemic Countries.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Extending Delivery of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention to Children Aged 5-10 Years in Chad: A Mixed-Methods Study.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
- Risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in south-west Burkina Faso: potential impact of expanding eligibility for seasonal malaria chemoprevention.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Malaria parasite carriage before and two years after the implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a case study of the Saraya health district, southern Senegal.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
- Model-informed target product profiles of long-acting-injectables for use as seasonal malaria prevention.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Health management information system (HMIS) data quality and associated factors in Massaguet district, Chad.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Effectiveness and Community Acceptance of Extending Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention to Children 5 to 14 Years of Age in Dangassa, Mali.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
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Abstract
SMC has been introduced widely in the Sahel since its recommendation by WHO in 2012. This study, which provided evidence of feasibility that supported the recommendation, included school-age and pre-school children. School-age children were not included in the 2012 recommendation but bear an increasing proportion of cases. In 2006, consultations with health-staff were held to choose delivery methods. The preferred approach, door-to-door with the first daily-dose supervised by a community-health-worker (CHW), was piloted and subsequently evaluated on a large-scale in under-5's in 2008 and then in under-10's 2009-2010. Coverage was higher among school-age children (96%(95%CI 94%,98%) received three treatments in 2010) than among under 5's (90%(86%,94%)). SMC was more equitable than LLINs (odds-ratio for increase in coverage for a one-level rise in socioeconomic-ranking (a 5-point scale), was 1.1 (0.95,1.2) in 2009, compared with OR 1.3 (1.2,1.5) for sleeping under an LLIN. Effective communication was important in achieving high levels of uptake. Continued training and supervision were needed to ensure CHWs adhered to treatment guidelines. SMC door-to-door can, if carefully supervised, achieve high equitable coverage and high-quality delivery. SMC programmes can be adapted to include school-age children, a neglected group that bears a substantial burden of malaria.
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