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Peer-reviewedCC BYThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

The Association of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention with Educational Outcomes in Senegal, 2013-2019: A District-Level Ecological Analysis.

  • Mohammed Ndiaye1
  • Donal Bisanzio2,3
  • Amber Gove2,4
  • Lauren M Cohee5,6
  • Richard Reithinger2,7
7 affiliations
  1. 1University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
  2. 2RTI International, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
  3. 3Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
  4. 4Tangerine Central, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
  5. 5University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  6. 6Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
  7. 7Pure Earth, New York, New York, USA.
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Abstract

Malaria negatively impacts childhood development and education outcomes. However, evidence on the effects of malaria control on education outcomes is limited. Since 2013, Senegal has scaled up routine monthly administration of malaria chemoprevention to young children during the peak malaria transmission season (i.e., seasonal malaria chemoprevention [SMC]) as a critical malaria control intervention. We conducted a district-level ecological analysis to determine whether large-scale implementation of SMC is associated with improved education outcomes. Using generalized additive mixed models applied to routine malaria intervention and education indicator data for the 2013-2019 period, we show that in comparison with non-SMC districts, districts that had received multiple SMC rounds had improved education outcomes, specifically enrollment, dropout and repetition rates, as well as pass rates of children completing primary school. Our findings highlight the broader benefits of SMC beyond malaria prevention and underscore its role in advancing educational attainment and human development goals in malaria-endemic settings.

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@article{ndiaye2026association,
  title = {{The Association of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention with Educational Outcomes in Senegal, 2013-2019: A District-Level Ecological Analysis.}},
  author = {Mohammed Ndiaye and Donal Bisanzio and Amber Gove and Lauren M Cohee and Richard Reithinger},
  journal = {The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.4269/ajtmh.26-0036},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42838038},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Association of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention with Educational Outcomes in Senegal, 2013-2019: A District-Level Ecological Analysis.
AU  - Mohammed Ndiaye
AU  - Donal Bisanzio
AU  - Amber Gove
AU  - Lauren M Cohee
AU  - Richard Reithinger
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
JO  - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
DO  - 10.4269/ajtmh.26-0036
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42838038
AB  - Malaria negatively impacts childhood development and education outcomes. However, evidence on the effects of malaria control on education outcomes is limited. Since 2013, Senegal has scaled up routine monthly administration of malaria chemoprevention to young children during the peak malaria transmission season (i.e., seasonal malaria chemoprevention [SMC]) as a critical malaria control intervention. We conducted a district-level ecological analysis to determine whether large-scale implementation of SMC is associated with improved education outcomes. Using generalized additive mixed models applied to routine malaria intervention and education indicator data for the 2013-2019 period, we show that in comparison with non-SMC districts, districts that had received multiple SMC rounds had improved education outcomes, specifically enrollment, dropout and repetition rates, as well as pass rates of children completing primary school. Our findings highlight the broader benefits of SMC beyond malaria prevention and underscore its role in advancing educational attainment and human development goals in malaria-endemic settings.
SN  - 0002-9637
SN  - 1476-1645
ER  -