Perceived factors impacting community health workers and lead mothers’ capacity to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention across delivery settings: Qualitative secondary analysis from recent studies in Mozambique, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda

Challenges in access, community sensitisation, workload and context can affect community health workers and lead mothers’ ability to support SMC campaigns.

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is the intermittent administration of antimalarials to children at risk of severe malaria infection in areas with seasonal transmission. Community health workers (CHWs) and other government-recognised cadres of community health actors, such as lead mothers (LMs), often hold essential roles in SMC campaigns. This can include CHWs acting as community distributors, CHWs supervising community distributors’ activities, and CHWs or LMs supporting other SMC components, such as community engagement, caregiver support and referrals. This secondary analysis investigates the factors that impact CHWs and LMs’ ability to effectively support SMC campaigns. This poster was presented at the 72nd annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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Country: Mozambique | Nigeria | South Sudan | Uganda

Keywords: ASTMH | Chemoprevention | Malaria | SMC