Figure 1.

SMC implementation areas

Areas where SMC was implemented in 2015 are shown in blue, via the ACCESS-SMC project (dark blue) and other implementers (light blue). These areas continued SMC in 2016. Green shading shows the additional areas where SMC started in 2016, via the ACCESS SMC project (dark green) and other implementers (light green). In 2015, SMC programmes in nine countries reached about 7 million children, 3 million of them via ACCESS-SMC, and in 2016, programmes in 12 countries reached about 15 million children, 7 million via ACCESS-SMC (appendix p 3).¹⁶ SMC=seasonal malaria chemoprevention. ACCESS-SMC=Achieving Catalytic Expansion of SMC in the Sahel.