Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on reported malaria incidence in children under five years of age in Cameroon: an interrupted time series analysis with regional heterogeneity (2017-2022).

Malar J · 2026 · PMC13439846 · PMID 42218487

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The paediatric consultation rate showed a positive association of small magnitude, at the margin of statistical significance (IRR = 1.001; 95% CI 1.000–1.003; p = 0.086), whereas SMC activity was not statistically associated with reported incidence (IRR = 0.989; 95% CI 0.955–1.024; p = 0.525).

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