Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC)

Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a public health strategy used to protect children from malaria during high-risk rainy season months. It involves giving children a full course of medicines at specific times to prevent malaria infection, even if they aren't yet sick. This approach reduces illness and death caused by malaria by maintaining protective drug levels in the child's body during peak transmission periods, thereby interrupting the malaria cycle and saving lives in vulnerable populations.