Figure 3.

Examples of the effect of SMC on malaria rates

(A) Numbers of confirmed cases of malaria in outpatient clinics, hospital inpatients admitted with a primary diagnosis of malaria, and deaths in hospital attributed to malaria, among children younger than 5 years and individuals aged 5 years and older, during transmission periods before and after SMC introduction for children younger than 5 years in the Upper River and Central River regions of The Gambia. (B) Numbers of confirmed cases of malaria among children younger than 5 years and individuals aged 5 years and older, in Kadiolo health centre, Sikasso region, Mali, each month before and after introduction of SMC for children younger than 5 years. SMC=seasonal malaria chemoprevention.