Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention is widely implemented in Sahel and sub-
Sahel countries in Africa. Few studies have assessed the impact of the SMC on hospital …

Randomized controlled trials have established that seasonal malaria chemoprevention
(SMC) in children is a promising strategy to reduce malaria transmission in Sahelian West …

Abstract Background In Ghana, malaria is endemic and perennial (with significant seasonal
variations in the three Northern Regions), accounting for 33% of all deaths among children …

Anemia is a multifactorial condition arising from inadequate nutrition, infection, chronic
disease, and genetic-related etiologies. Our aim was to assess the impact of nutrition …

In many parts of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel, where malaria remains a major cause of
mortality and morbidity, transmission of the infection is highly seasonal. Seasonal malaria …

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was adopted in Mali in 2012 for preventing
malaria in children younger than 5 years. Although this strategy has been highly effective in …

Forty-five percent of the 6.6 million under-5 deaths in 2012 were attributable to infectious
disease, of which pneumonia and diarrhea were the leading causes. Despite the close …

We review global and regional progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4
and 5 with respect to their indicators, drawing on the latest data available from the relevant …

Abstract Background In rural African settings, most of the children under the coverage of
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) are also undernourished at the time of SMC …

The use of antimalarial drugs is an effective strategy in the fight against malaria. However,
selection of drug resistant parasites is a constant threat to the continued use of this …