Background:Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a strategy
put in place by World Health Organisation (WHO) to fight against malaria in
zones of high seasonal malaria transmission since the year 2012. This strategy
has been implemented in the Far North and North regions of Cameroon since the
year 2016. Despite the implementation of this program the number of cases and
deaths from seasonal malaria among the under 5 seems to be rising in Koza
health area. Objective: To determine the level of implementation of the SMC Program and its impact on the mortality of
children aged 03 to 59 months during the season of high transmission. Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional and 7-years retrospective study. Data was surveyed for 3months in 3 health areas of Koza health area. Data
were collected and typed in Kobo collect, cleaned in MS Excel and analyzed in
SPSS version 25 to come out with descriptive statistics. Results: Among
the 172 households, female children were mostly represented 99 (57%) The age
group mostly represented was 2 years. The population knowledge on SMC’s overall score was above average. The overall
coverage rate (4 cycles)
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