Expanding seasonal malaria chemoprevention in new geographies: Lessons from Mozambique
Mozambique was the first country outside of the Sahel to successfully implement seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) on a large scale. This learning paper captures some of the lessons drawn from the implementation process.
By the end of the first SMC campaign delivered at scale, Malaria Consortium had reached 1.3 million children across all 23 districts of Nampula province, Mozambique. Our success in scaling up SMC in Mozambique creates a foundation for the further expansion of the programme within the country, and in other geographies with similar contexts. We reflect on the key lessons taken from scaled implementation in Nampula, and make recommendations to inform improvements for future SMC rounds and potential future expansion in other parts of the country.