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Implementing Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: review of prospects, achievements, challenges and agenda for research

Objectives

To review the literature on policy advances, achievements, constraints and challenges to malaria IPTp implementation, emphasising on its operational feasibility in the context of health-care financing, provision and uptake, resource constraints and psychosocial factors in Africa.

Principal Institution

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom

Rationale and Abstract

Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment for malaria in Pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) through antenatal care (ANC) clinics is recommended for malaria endemic countries. Vast biomedical literature on malaria prevention focuses more on the epidemiological and cost-effectiveness analyses of the randomised controlled trials carried out in selected geographical settings. Such studies fail to elucidate the economic, psychosocial, managerial, organization and other contextual systemic factors influencing the operational effectiveness, compliance and coverage of the recommended interventions.

Study Design

Review

Project Outputs

Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy: Review of Prospects, Achievements, Challenges and Agenda for Research

Themes

Drug-based Strategies
Program Evaluation
Vulnerable Populations

Date

Jan 2008 — Dec 2008

Funding Details

Gates Foundation (GF), United States

Gates Malaria Partnership

Project Site