Figure 2: Areas suitable for SMC implementation based on seasonality in rainfall and on malaria endemicity. | Nature Communications

Figure 2: Areas suitable for SMC implementation based on seasonality in rainfall and on malaria endemicity.

From: Estimating the potential public health impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in African children

Figure 2

(a). The maximum proportion of annual rainfall occurring within three consecutive months. Orange-red areas are those identified as suitable for SMC based on >60% of annual rainfall in 3 months. Green–blue areas indicate areas with less than 60% of annual rainfall within 3 months. First administrative level areas are superimposed on the map. (b) The maximum proportion of annual rainfall restricted to areas with stable endemic P. falciparum, as estimated by MAP21. (c) and (d) indicate rainfall seasonality in areas with prevalence above 8.8 and 17.3%, as estimated by MAP, corresponding to incidence above 0.1 and 0.2 cases per child per year, respectively.

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