Poster 2.1: Impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Beyond Malaria Control Amongst Under-Five Children in Eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) across Katsina and Yobe States.

From speaker Akinola Shonde: This poster explores the extended impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) implementation beyond just Malaria control in communities. We demonstrated that SMC processes including cyclical drug administration, referral and community mobilization activities conducted during SMC implementation has a potential impact on reducing the incidence of childhood illnesses generally, in communities where SMC is being implemented.