Monitoring and evaluating effective implementation of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC); implications for coverage and impact

Monica Anna de Cola, Malaria Consortium

Monica provided a brief background on SMC, implications for impact coverage and effective program delivery, linking of inputs to impact, an overview of the SMC monitoring and evaluation framework, preliminary results, and next steps. In discussing the impact of SMC, she stated that clinical trials indicate that SMC prevents up to 75 percent of uncomplicated and severe cases if implemented to quality standards with acceptable levels of resistance.