Assessment of community-level effects of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in schoolchildren in Jinja, Uganda (START-IPT trial): a cluster-randomised trial

Volume: 6, Issue: 6, Pages: e668 - e679
Published: Jun 1, 2018
Abstract
BackgroundIntermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is a well established malaria control intervention. Evidence that delivering IPT to schoolchildren could provide community-level benefits is limited. We did a cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of IPT of primary schoolchildren with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) on indicators of malaria transmission in the community, in Jinja, Uganda.MethodsWe included 84 clusters, each...
Paper Details
Title
Assessment of community-level effects of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in schoolchildren in Jinja, Uganda (START-IPT trial): a cluster-randomised trial
Published Date
Jun 1, 2018
Volume
6
Issue
6
Pages
e668 - e679
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