MSF collaborates with national authorities and NGOs (FORSANI, Befem/Alima) to reduce under-five mortality in several regions of the country, with a particular focus on the management of children with severe malnutrition and malaria. In 2014, MSF supported six inpatient and several outpatient centres in Madarounfa and
Guidan Roumdjii (Maradi region), Bouza and Madaoua (Tahoua region), and Magaria (Zinder region).
Aiming to complement treatment with
prevention, MSF also conducted a seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in the Sahel region (Tahoua, Zinder and Maradi) for the second year running, reaching a total of 447,500 people. SMC involves the administration of antimalarial treatment. It is used alongside common methods of mosquito bite prevention such as nets and has been proven to significantly reduce the incidence of malaria in children under the age of five.