Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on incidence of malaria among children under five years in Kotido and Moroto Districts, Uganda, 2021: time series analysis
Implementation of SMC substantially reduced the incidence of uncomplicated malaria among children <5 years in Moroto and Kotido Districts. Scaling up SMC in other districts with high malaria transmission could reduce malaria on a large scale across Uganda.
Authors
- Alex R. Ario
- Damian Rutazaana
- Richard Migisha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1709-9521)
- Benon Kwesiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-8635)
- Daniel Kadobera
- Julius Ssempiira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-5527)
- Lilian Bulage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4027-5485)
- Andrew Kwiringira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-9755)
- Julie Harris
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05220-6
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.43
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention