Study on Preventing Anemia in Children in Ghana

Summary

A study that seeks to establish an effective way of preventing anaemia in children at the community level using two known interventions - Iron supplementation and or antimalarial. Children recruited into the study will be assigned to four groups. Those receiving Placebo and Iron, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial and those receiving double placebo. The children will be followed up over a period of nine months and their haemoglobin concentration, malaria parasites in their blood and their weight and height will be assessed.

Timeline

Start

2005-06

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-04

Publications

• Background Alonzo Gonzalez M, Menendez C, Font F, Kahigwa E, Kimario J, Mshinda H, Tanner M, Bosch-Capblanch X, Alonso PL. Cost-effectiveness of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of anaemia and malaria among Tanzanian infants. Bull World Health Organ. 2000;78(1):97-107.
• Background Schellenberg D, Menendez C, Kahigwa E, Aponte J, Vidal J, Tanner M, Mshinda H, Alonso P. Intermittent treatment for malaria and anaemia control at time of routine vaccinations in Tanzanian infants: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2001 May 12;357(9267):1471-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04643-2.

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