Impact of combining intermittent preventive treatment with home management of malaria in children less than 10 years in a rural area of Senegal: a cluster randomized trial

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Current malaria control strategies recommend (i) early case detection using rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), (ii) pre-referral rectal artesunate, (iii) intermittent preventive treatment and (iv) impregnated bed nets. However, these individual malaria control interventions provide only partial protection in most epidemiological situations. Therefore, there is a need to investigate the potential benefits of integrating several malaria interventions to reduce malaria prevalence and morbidity.
Original languageEnglish
JournalMalaria Journal
Volume10
Issue number358
Number of pages9
ISSN1475-2875
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Research areas

  • Amodiaquine, Anemia, Animals, Artemisinins, Child, Child, Preschool, Community Health Workers, Disease Management, Drug Combinations, Ethanolamines, Female, Fluorenes, Follow-Up Studies, Health Promotion, Humans, Infant, Malaria, Falciparum, Male, Parasitemia, Plasmodium falciparum, Prevalence, Preventive Health Services, Pyrimethamine, Rural Population, Seasons, Senegal, Sulfadoxine

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