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Publication Date:
01/03/2022

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Extending delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to children aged 5–10 years in Chad: A mixed-methods study
Author(s): Azoukalné Moukénet, Laura Donovan, Beakgoubé Honoré, Kevin Baker, Helen Smith, Sol Richardson, Charlotte Ward

Publication Date:
01/03/2022
Type:
Journal article

Background

To prevent malaria among children aged 3–59 months in areas with high seasonal transmission, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended. In Chad, there is evidence of SMC administration to children aged older than five years (referred to as “leakage”). This study aimed to understand the reasons for leakage and explore the feasibility and acceptability of extending the delivery of SMC to children aged 5–10 years in Chad.

Methods

We conducted a mixed-methods study in Massaguet health district with a cross-sectional survey to determine SMC coverage for children aged up to 10 years after SMC cycles 1 and 3 (n=90 and n=100 caregivers surveyed, respectively) and at the end of cycle 4 (n=101 caregivers surveyed). We conducted 14 key informant interviews at the national and district level and eight focus group discussions with community distributors and caregivers.

Results

In the compounds surveyed, there were no children aged 5–10 years in cycle 1. In cycles 3 (n=1 children) and 4 (n=16 children), there was 100 percent (95 percent confidence interval [CI]=2.5, 100.0) and 62.5 percent (95 percent CI=35.4, 84.8) coverage of SMC in children aged 5–10 years, respectively. Extension of SMC to older children was considered acceptable, but there were concerns about feasibility and ensuring the sustainability of the current program in children aged 3–59 months. Key informants acknowledged the need to secure additional funding to pilot SMC in older age groups and were uncertain about the impact of the current SMC program at scale.

Conclusion

Key informants considered extending SMC to children aged 5–10 years acceptable but did not deem it a current priority. They expressed an urgent need to address leakage and reinforce both the sustainability and quality of the current SMC programme.

Published in Global Health: Science and Practice

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Country: Chad

Keywords: Community delivery | Research | Malaria | Maternal, neonatal and child health | Seasonal malaria chemoprevention | SDG3

 

 

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