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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

February 8, 2021 - 10:57 -- Open Access
Tags: 
malaria, IPTi, infant, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Sierra Leone
Author(s): 
Maria Lahuerta, Roberta Sutton, Laura Steinhardt, et al.
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2021 20:74, 6 February 2021

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 initial pilot districts, to assess quality and coverage of IPTi services.

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