Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infant in Mali

Summary

Studies have shown that Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)reduced the incidence of clinical malaria and anemia without modifying infants' serological response to EPI vaccines. Thus IPTi was seen as a potential public health tool of great benefit to the children of Africa and a logical addition to the Immunization Plus package. The objectives of this operational researcher were * to develop an implementation model for IPTi in the health care system in Mali * to assess its impact on the EPI vaccines and other health interventions coverage * and on molecular makers of resistance to SP

Timeline

Start

2006-10

Primary completion

2007-12

Completion

2007-12

Publications

• Dicko A, Konare M, Traore D, Testa J, Salamon R, Doumbo O, Rogier C. The implementation of malaria intermittent preventive trialtreatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in infants reduced all-cause mortality in the district of Kolokani, Mali: results from a cluster randomized control. Malar J. 2012 Mar 16;11:73. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-73.
• Dicko A, Toure SO, Traore M, Sagara I, Toure OB, Sissoko MS, Diallo AT, Rogier C, Salomon R, de Sousa A, Doumbo OK. Increase in EPI vaccines coverage after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infant with Sulfadoxine -pyrimethamine in the district of Kolokani, Mali: results from a cluster randomized control trial. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 18;11:573. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-573.

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