Taking seasonal malaria chemoprevention to new geographies
Malaria Consortium would like to invite you to a webinar on Taking seasonal malaria chemoprevention to new geographies.
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm GMT
Panellists:
- James Tibenderana (Malaria Consortium, UK)
- Jimmy Opigo (National Malaria Control Division, Uganda)
- Baltazar Candrinho (National Malaria Control Program, Mozambique)
- Craig Bonnington (Malaria Consortium, UK)
Moderator:
- Maria Rodrigues (Malaria Consortium, UK)
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) has been scaled up successfully across the Sahel region of west and central Africa. The intervention has been shown to be safe, feasible and cost-effective. The webinar will explore if this proven intervention can be deployed in other areas of Africa where malaria transmission is seasonal. We will present ongoing implementation research in Mozambique and Uganda, which is assessing the feasibility, acceptability and impact of SMC beyond the Sahel. A crucial question those studies are investigating is how parasite resistance affects the chemoprevention efficacy of the drugs and the effectiveness of the intervention in terms of preventing malaria in children under five during the peak transmission season.
If you’d like to attend, please register at this link.
