Data for: "Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention combined with Community Case Management of malaria in children under 10 years of age, over 5 months, in southern Senegal: a cluster-randomized trial"

It may be appropriate to include older children, and to provide protection for more than 4 months. We evaluated the effectiveness of SMC using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine over 5 months in children under 10 years of age, in Saraya district in southern Senegal in 2011. 24 villages, including 2301 children 3-59 months old and 2245 aged 5-9 years, were randomized to receive SMC with community case management (CCM), or CCM alone.

In all villages, community health workers (CHWs) were trained to treat malaria cases with artemisinin combination therapy after testing with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT). In SMC villages, CHWs administered SMC to children aged 3 months to 9 years, once a month for 5 months. Children were followed from July to December.