LSHTM Webinar: Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention (PMC) – New WHO guidelines and the practicalities of designing and implementing tailored PMC strategies
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is inviting you to participate in Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention (PMC) – New WHO guidelines and the practicalities of designing and implementing tailored PMC strategies webinar organized by the Malaria Centre series of events (link).
Date: Thursday November 17, 2022
Time: 12:15 – 13:45 GMT
Place: Hybrid (Room LG 8, LSHTM, UK and Virtual)
Speakers:
- David Schellenberg
- Branwen Owen
- Lily Claire Ekobika
- Elsa Nhantumbo
- Jayne Webster
- Cally Roper
Perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) is newly formulated strategy endorsed in June 2022 by the World Health Organization and builds off the previously recommended but poorly implemented strategy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants – IPTi. IPTi – the provision of single dose Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) delivered through the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) at times of childhood immunisation at approximately 3, 4 and 9 months of age was shown to provide infants with protection against malaria, anaemia and all cause hospital admissions. However since the recommendation in 2010 only one country adopted the strategy.
Free and open to all. No registration required. A recording of this session will be available after the event on this page.
Read more here.
