Deploying digital tools to optimise seasonal malaria chemoprevention: Lessons from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Authors: Dorcas Essien, Olusola Oresanya, Oluwafunmilayo Ibikule, Jerry Rago, Jesujuwonlo Fadipe, Jennifer Ebenezer, Olabisi Ogunmola

Digitising SMC campaigns can improve timely access to data, inform decision-making and enhance transparency.

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves the intermittent administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ) to children 3–59 months during seasons with high malaria transmission. In Nigeria, SMC programmes typically collect data using paper-based systems. However, research suggests paper-based systems are inefficient and prevent timely reporting and access to data. This evaluation assesses the lessons on the feasibility of deploying a digital tool for large-scale SMC campaigns.

This poster was presented at the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Society's 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference.