NIGERIACHEMOPREVENTIONMALARIACOMMUNITY health servicesCAREGIVERSHEALTH facilitiesBackground: In Nigeria, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is typically administered door-to-door to children under five by community medicine distributors during high transmission seasons. While door-to-door distribution (DDD) ...
Malaria prevention is targeted at populations most at risk of severe malaria living in moderate-to-high transmission areas (Fig.1). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends chemoprevention in children up to 15 years of age, including perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC; previously intermittent...
Several medications are available for chemoprevention but these medicines are not 100% protective and must be combined with personal protective measures, such as using long lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs), wearing long-sleeved shirts and long trousers, using indoor residual spraying (IRS), ...
Malaria is one of the most common causes of death among children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria accounts for 1 in every 4 global malaria incidences and deaths. We evaluated the prevalence and correlates of malaria vaccine acceptance among mothers of children under 5 years...
In rural African settings, most of the children under the coverage of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) are also undernourished at the time of SMC delivery, justifying the need for packaging malarial and nutritional interventions. This study aimed at assessing the impact of SMC by coupling the...
“More could be done to improve malaria control in high-risk countries by increasing coverage with proven interventions, such as insecticide-treated nets and chemoprevention.” viaBBC News –‘Keep focus’ on fighting malaria in Africa, doctors say. ...
However, many cases of low birth weight were averted via the use of intermittent preventive treatment chemoprevention [1]. Worldwide, low birth weight represents 15 to 20%, while in 2022, there were 35.4 million pregnancies, of which 12.7 million (36%) were exposed to malaria hence without ...
chemoprevention4. To help boost chances of malaria control in Sudan/Sahel regions and contribute to its elimination agenda, this study provided a comprehensive characterisation of a major malaria vector from three separate localities spanning Sudan and Sahelian regions of northern Nigeria, including ...
Table 3 Results of univariate mixed-effects logistic regression models of association between rural/urban dwelling and seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation outcomes in nine States in Nigeria (n = 11,880) Full size table Fig. 2 Forest plot of odds ratios indicating the association betwee...
The use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is a strategy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for malaria prevention. In Nigeria, ITNs have been periodically distributed since 2007 through campaigns. Campaign activities and assets are typic