Niger

Areas eligible for SMC and areas where SMC is implemented in 2021

Niger SMC map

Niger

# of children targeted

# of children reached

Coverage

Cycle 1

4,448,151

4,424,353

99%

Cycle 2

4,448,151

4,782,951

108%

Cycle 3

4,448,151

4,733,283

106%

Cycle 4

4448151.301

3889712

87%

Data from the NMCP of Niger

Monitoring for coverage and compliance in the 2020 SMC season

Photo: Mother and child in Niger

Monitoring coverage

  • Coverage was assessed during an SMC impact study, one objective of which was to determine coverage through a household survey.

Monitoring compliance

  • Monitoring from Day 2
  • Supervision of the process

Monitoring effectiveness

  • The effectiveness of the intervention must be assessed through an impact study

 

 

Successes, opportunities, challenges and proposed solutions in the 2021 SMC season

Successes

  • Adherence to cycle dates
  • Resource mobilization was successful

Upcoming perspectives

  • Timely organization of micro-planning workshops

Challenges

  • Challenges with planning campaign on time
  • Lack of compliance with the micro plan

Proposed solutions

  • Conduct micro-planning workshops from the 1st quarter of the year to allow for enough time to implement
  • Organize a national micro-plan validation workshop

Research priorities for 2021

  • Adapting SMC (age group 5-9 years, 5th cycle) in 2022
  • Compliance with the 2nd and 3rd dose (Médicins sans Frontières)

Implementation research partners

  • NMCP, MMV and CERMES