Figures & Tables
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Coverage of SMC by Age Group and Cycle in the Health District of Massaguet and in 20 Health Districts Supported by Malaria Consortium, 2019
Age, months Location Cycle 1 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 n/N % 95% CI n/N % 95% CI n/N % 95% CI 3–11 Massaguet 6/6 100.0 54.1, 100.0 79/80 98.8 93.2, 100.0 10/12 83.3 51.6, 97.9 20 health districts 387/446 86.8 83.3, 89.8 625/731 85.5 82.7, 88.0 455/508 89.6 86.6, 92.1 12–59 Massaguet 260/261 99.6 97.9, 100.0 200/201 99.5 97.3, 100.0 163/167 97.6 94.0, 99.3 20 health districts 3,764/4,110 91.6 90.7, 92.4 3,570/4,056 88.0 87.0, 89.0 4,758/5,055 94.1 93.4, 94.8 60–108 Massaguet NA NA NA 1/1 100.0 2.5, 100.0 10/16 62.5 35.4, 84.8 20 health districts 217/511 42.5 38.1, 46.9 85/696 12.2 9.9, 14.9 509/784 64.9 61.5, 68.3 Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval, NA, no data available.
Level Organization Role in SMC Program National (n=4) NMCP Lead the national technical committee of SMC Provide technical coordination of SMC activities from planning to implementation and evaluation Central Pharmaceutical Drug Ensure safe storage and quality control of SMC drug UNICEF Support SMC implementation including planning, monitoring and evaluation, activities implementation, and drug supply in relation to national strategy National High Consultative Councils Mobilize resources from the Global Fund and provide strategy orientation Conduct monitoring and evaluation of activities implemented by partners including United Nations Development Programme (the main recipient implementing SMC through NMCP) District (n=4) Provincial Health Delegation of Hadjer Lamis Coordinate all health activities and programs in the province including SMC (representing the Ministry of Health) District of Massaguet Conduct activities from planning to implementation and reporting of SMC activities and ensure the SMC implementation in the health centers Conduct social mobilization Ensure the safe drug storage and dispatching into health centers Facility (n=2) Health center Conduct the SMC implementation, training of community distributors and supervisors, supervision of SMC drug administering, daily data reporting on SMC implementation, and stock reconciliation of drug Community (n=4) Community Supervisors oversee community distributors’ activities including drug administering, data reporting, reference cases, and stock reconciliation Village leaders sensitize community to adhere to SMC intervention and solve refusal cases Abbreviations: NMCP, National Malaria Control Program; SMC, seasonal chemoprevention program.
- TABLE 3.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of FGD Participants: Community Distributors and Caregivers
Community Distributors Caregivers Male Female Aged Younger Than 30 Years Aged Older Than 30 Years Massaguet Urbain (N=8) N'Djamena Fara (N=8) Massaguet Urbain (N=8) N'Djamena Fara (N=7) Massaguet Urbain (N=8) N'Djamena Fara (N=8) Massaguet Urbain (N=8) N'Djamena Fara (N=8) Age, years 18–30 6 7 7 5 8 8 0 0 31–40 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 4 41–50 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Education None 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 Koranic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Primary 1 4 1 1 1 0 5 3 Secondary 7 3 7 4 5 8 1 1 Tertiary 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Employment Student 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Farmer 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 6 Housewife 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 Tailor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Teacher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trader 1 3 3 3 4 5 6 1 Other 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 No. years' experience conducting SMC 1 0 7 3 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 0 0 3 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 5 3 1 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 5 0 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A Age of children treated, months < 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 3–11 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 12–59 N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 5 6 7 > 60 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 2 2 1 Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; SMC, seasonal chemoprevention.
