Preventive Malaria Treatment For Infants Reduces Infection Rates

ilona carneiro david schellenberg Preventive Malaria Treatment For Infants Reduces Infection Rates

Ilona Carneiro and
David Schellenberg

Ilona Carneiro and David Schellenberg from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine presented data at the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan African Malaria Conference, Nairobi, Kenya showing how the technique called intermittent preventive treatment (ITP) for infants has reduced malaria infections in a region of Tanzania. After their symposium they talked with Peter Goodwin about the advantages and cost-savings this brings through combining drug treatment with routine infant vaccinations.

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