Assessing the effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on malaria burden among children under 5 years in Burkina Faso

Abstract Background In 2014, the Burkina Faso government launched the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) programme. Expected benefit was a 75% reduction of all malaria episodes and a 75% drop of severe malaria episodes. This study assessed SMC efficiency on malaria morbidity in the country after...

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Main Authors: Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Vincent De Brouwere, Arnold Fottsoh Fokam, Mady Ouédraogo, Yazoumé Yé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04172-z