Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria delivered to primary schoolchildren provided effective individual protection in Jinja, Uganda: secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial (START-IPT)

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria delivered to primary schoolchildren provided effective individual protection in Jinja, Uganda: secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial (START-IPT)

Abstract Background Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) of malaria is recommended as policy for certain high-risk populations, but not currently for schoolchildren. A cluster-randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of IPT with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DP) on primary schoolch...

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Main Authors: Andrea M. Rehman, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Samuel Gonahasa, Jaffer Okiring, Simon P. Kigozi, Clare I. R. Chandler, Chris Drakeley, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Sarah G. Staedke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Intermittent preventive treatment
Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine
Schoolchildren
Cluster-randomised trial
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2954-0

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