Cost-effectiveness of two versus three or more doses of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study of meta-analysis and cost data

Background: In 2012, WHO changed its recommendation for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) from two doses to monthly doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during the second and third trimesters, but noted the importance of a cost-effectiveness analysis to lend support...

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Main Authors: Silke Fernandes, MSc, Elisa Sicuri, PhD, Kassoum Kayentao, MD, Anne Maria van Eijk, PhD, Jenny Hill, PhD, Jayne Webster, PhD, Vincent Were, MSc, James Akazili, PhD, Mwayi Madanitsa, MD, Prof. Feiko O ter Kuile, PhD, Prof. Kara Hanson, ScD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14703857

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