Publication Date:
21/04/2022
Type:
Learning brief
Publication
Integrating seasonal malaria chemoprevention and vitamin A supplementation: Lessons learnt from Nigeria
Publication Date:21/04/2022
Type:
Learning brief
In Nigeria, the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among under-fives was estimated at about 30 percent in 2018. High dose vitamin A supplementation (VAS) can reduce all-cause under-five mortality by 24 percent, yet its coverage remains low in Nigeria at 45 percent. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) presents a viable platform to increase vitamin A coverage among under-fives as it achieves high administrative coverage. We carried out a study to test the integration of VAS with SMC campaigns in Bauchi state.
Country: Nigeria
Keywords: Community delivery | Costing and economic impact evaluation | Malaria | Malnutrition | iCCM | Maternal, neonatal and child health | Seasonal malaria chemoprevention | SDG3
« Back to Publications