Mass Drug Administrations of DHA-PQP to Accelerate Towards Malaria Elimination in Magude District, Southern Mozambique

Summary

In line with the global and regional efforts towards malaria elimination, a five year program was established to assist the NMCP in adopting targeted evidence-based elimination plans through a 'learn by doing' strategy. The project aims to generate knowledge as data is generated to inform the programmatic aspects of the elimination plan, most importantly how to clear malaria parasites from the asymptomatic reservoir.

Timeline

Start

2015-11

Primary completion

2017-12

Completion

2017-12

Publications

• Shah MP, Hwang J, Choi L, Lindblade KA, Kachur SP, Desai M. Mass drug administration for malaria. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 29;9(9):CD008846. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008846.pub3.
• Thomas R, Cirera L, Brew J, Saute F, Sicuri E. The short-term impact of a malaria elimination initiative in Southern Mozambique: Application of the synthetic control method to routine surveillance data. Health Econ. 2021 Sep;30(9):2168-2184. doi: 10.1002/hec.4367. Epub 2021 Jun 8.
• Galatas B, Saute F, Marti-Soler H, Guinovart C, Nhamussua L, Simone W, Munguambe H, Hamido C, Montana J, Muguande O, Maartens F, Luis F, Paaijmans K, Mayor A, Bassat Q, Menendez C, Macete E, Rabinovich R, Alonso PL, Candrinho B, Aide P. A multiphase program for malaria elimination in southern Mozambique (the Magude project): A before-after study. PLoS Med. 2020 Aug 14;17(8):e1003227. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003227. eCollection 2020 Aug.
• Galatas B, Nhacolo A, Marti H, Munguambe H, Jamise E, Guinovart C, Cirera L, Amone F, Macete E, Bassat Q, Rabinovich R, Alonso P, Aide P, Saute F, Sacoor C. Demographic and health community-based surveys to inform a malaria elimination project in Magude district, southern Mozambique. BMJ Open. 2020 May 5;10(5):e033985. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033985.

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