Development of a new wealth index for South Sudan: association between household wealth and malaria prevention practices in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan

The new wealth index tailored to South Sudan is a useful tool for assessing socioeconomic health determinants. While household access to SMC showed a low degree of wealth-associated disparities, reflecting the equitable coverage of the door-to-door SMC delivery model, significant inequities remain in household access to other malaria prevention practices, such as mosquito nets. These findings imply the need for strategies to enhance equity in distributing essential malaria prevention resources.