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 2 years of implementation.

Methods

Quasi-experimental design comparing changes in outcomes during the high transmission period (August-November) between SMC and non-SMC health districts before (2013-2014) and after intervention (two rounds in 2015 and 2016). Health indicators (number of uncomplicated malaria cases (UM) and severe malaria cases (SM)) from 19 health districts (8 in intervention and 11 in comparison group) were extracted from the District Health Information System (DHIS2)-ba

SUBMITTER: Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9074217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature