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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Estimating the potential public health impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in African children
Nature Communications, Volume 3, Article 881, Year 2012
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention, previously known as intermittent preventive treatment in children, is highly effective in areas with a short malaria transmission season. Here we assess seasonality in malaria incidence data and define a predictor of seasonality based on rainfall. We then use spatial rainfall, malaria endemicity and population data to identify areas likely to have highly seasonal malaria incidence, and estimate the population at risk and malaria burden in areas where seasonal malaria chemoprevention would be appropriate. We estimate that in areas suitable for seasonal malaria chemoprevention, there are 39 million children under 5 years of age, who experience 33.7 million malaria episodes and 152,000 childhood deaths from malaria each year. The majority of this burden occurs in the Sahelian or sub-Sahelian regions of Africa. Our data suggest that seasonal malaria chemoprevention has the potential to avert several million malaria cases and tens of thousands of childhood deaths each year if successfully delivered to the populations at risk. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Cairns, Matthew E.
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Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa
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Garske, Tini
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Wilson, Anne L.
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Diallo, Diadier Diadier
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Milligan, Paul J.M.
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Ghani, Azra C.H.
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Greenwood, Brian M.
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Statistics
Citations: 165
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/ncomms1879
e-ISSN:
20411723
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study