Last Updated: 19/12/2024
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Katsina
Objectives
- To design, in consultation with key local stakeholders, an appropriate community-based delivery system for SMC in Katsina state based on formative research, which will review aspects relating to feasibility, community acceptability, effectiveness and cost
- To launch and execute SMC delivery according to the selected delivery system and collect data on process indicators and costs
- To evaluate community acceptability, costs and effectiveness of the delivery system for SMC
- To inform future national and state plans for SMC continuation/ scale up by disseminating findings and sharing experiences with key stakeholders
Principal Institution
Partner Institutions
National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) Nigeria, Nigeria
Study Design
Malaria Consortium has taken a unique approach to the programme by ensuring a comprehensive collaboration with health authorities at all levels and the community. SMC is delivered by community care givers, who received appropriate training before the intervention begins and are supervised by the appropriate staff within the health system. Before a method of delivery is chosen, local communities are consulted on the most acceptable method of delivery. The variety of choices by communities will help reveal what methods are most effective and able to be scaled up.
Project Outputs
External reference
Date
Nov 2012 — Dec 2014
Total Project Funding
$1.69M
Funding Details
Gates Foundation (GF), United States
OPP1053614
Project Site
Deep Dives
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