Extending seasonal malaria chemoprevention to five cycles: a pilot study of feasibility and acceptability in Mangodara district, Burkina Faso

• Main Authors: Adama Traore (Author), Laura Donovan (Author), Benoit Sawadogo (Author), Charlotte Ward (Author), Helen Smith (Author), Christian Rassi (Author), Helen Counihan (Author), Johanna Johansson (Author), Sol Richardson (Author), Justin Ragnessi Savadogo (Author), Kevin Baker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves administering antimalarial drugs at monthly intervals during the high malaria transmission period to children aged 3 to 59 months as recommended by the World Health Organization. Typically, a full SMC course is administered over fou...