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There is a growing interest to generate evidence that health campaigns such as <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMC<\/jats:styled-content> can be leveraged for integration or co\u2010administration of other health efforts such as nutritional supplements, immunizations, or vitamin A.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a pilot study to assess whether nutrition assessments could be integrated into existing SMC programming in two districts in Guinea.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 106,480 children under 5\u2009years of age (CU5) who received sulfadoxine\u2010pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine as part of SMC by community drug distributors (CDDs), 2210 had their mid\u2010upper arm circumference (MUAC) assessed by CDD supervisors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of these, 177 (8.0%) had a MUAC\u2009&lt;\u2009125\u2009mm and were therefore classified as acutely malnourished; 161 CU5 were referred to health facilities for follow\u2010up. Importantly, no drop in SMC programmatic coverage was observed in districts conducting MUAC on top of SMC. Key informant interviews with district officials and focus group discussions with CDD supervisors showed a generally positive effect of integrating MUAC into SMC, although CDD supervisors had concerns about workload with added responsibilities of MUAC assessments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Integrating other health interventions with SMC is accepted\u2014and indeed welcomed\u2014by the population and health workers, and does not result in a drop in SMC programmatic coverage.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tmi.13897","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,1]],"date-time":"2023-06-01T03:09:05Z","timestamp":1685588945000},"page":"571-575","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Integrating nutrition assessments and seasonal malaria chemoprevention: Results from a mixed\u2010methods feasibility study in Guinea"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Mamadou Sitan","family":"Keita","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alioune","family":"Camara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Malaria Control Program Ministry of Health  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mamady","family":"Daffe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division Alimentation &amp; Nutrition Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 et de l\u2019Hygi\u00e8ne Publique  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aissata","family":"Fofana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mamadou","family":"Balde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thierno","family":"Diallo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hamidou","family":"Barry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Fitch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Development Group, RTI International Research Triangle Park  North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jean\u2010Luc","family":"Taton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StopPalu+, RTI International  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lamine","family":"Bangoura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"U.S. President's Malaria Initiative US Agency for International Development  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eliane","family":"Mbounga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"U.S. President's Malaria Initiative US Agency for International Development  Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5710-1556","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Richard","family":"Reithinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Development Group RTI International  Washington DC USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","unstructured":"Ministry of Health.Annual bulletin of the national malaria control program 2020. 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