Table 1.

Description of the sample in the two districts before and after the introduction of the chemoprevention of seasonal malaria 2015–2020

	Health district SMC (Mamou)	Health district No SMC (Kindia)
Number of malaria cases during the pre-intervention period (2015–2017)	25,696	18,294
Number of malaria cases during the post-intervention period (2018–2020)	34,542	32,616
Malaria incidence during the pre-intervention period (2015–2017)	378 for 1000	195 for 1000
Malaria incidence during the post-intervention period (2018–2020)	465 for 1000	319 for 1000
Number of the average monthly malaria cases during the pre-intervention period (SD) (2015–2017)	2141 (948)	1525 (374)
Number of the average monthly malaria cases during the post-intervention period (SD) (2018–2020)	2878 (557)	2718 (730)

SD standard deviation