24 October 2023
The effects of Plumpy’Doz™ combined with Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in Burkina Faso
Adding a nutritional supplement such as Plumpy’Doz™ to SMC significantly increases the impact of this intervention in preventing malaria and other childhood infections in children.
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This addition had an effect on the incidence of malaria:
- 23% reduction in the probability of developing uncomplicated malaria
- 52% reduction in the probability of developing severe malaria.
In addition to the effect on malaria, this combined strategy had an effect on the morbidity of supplemented children from all causes:
- 24% reduction in the risk of morbidity
All of these effects were observed in the SMC + vitamin A + Plumpy’Doz™ group compared with the control group.
Many thanks to Paul Sondo’s team at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé in Burkina Faso!