Evaluation of health system readiness and coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) in Kambia district to inform national scale-up in Sierra Leone

Evaluation of health system readiness and coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) in Kambia district to inform national scale-up in Sierra Leone

Abstract Background Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is a proven strategy to protect infants against malaria. Sierra Leone is the first country to implement IPTi nationwide. IPTi implementation was evaluated in Kambia, one of two init...

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Main Authors: Maria Lahuerta, Roberta Sutton, Anthony Mansaray, Oliver Eleeza, Brigette Gleason, Adewale Akinjeji, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Mame Toure, Getachew Kassa, Steven R. Meshnick, Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Lauren Parmley, Michael Friedman, Samuel Juana Smith, Miriam Rabkin, Laura Steinhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Sierra Leone
Infants
IPTi
Evaluation
Coverage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03615-3

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