Intermittent screening and treatment for malaria complementary to routine immunisation in the first year of life in Papua, Indonesia: A cluster randomised superiority trial

• Main Authors: Poespoprodjo, Jeanne Rini, Hafiidhaturrahmah, Hafiidhaturrahmah, Sariyanti, Novita, Indrawanti, Ratni, McLean, Alistair R. D., Simpson, Julie A., Kenangalem, Enny, Burdam, Faustina Helena, Noviyanti, Rintis, Trianty, Leily, Fadhilah, Chairunisa, Soenarto, Yati, Price, Ric N.
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: Clinical Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283398/1/Poespoprodjo-2_KKMK.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283398/; https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02394-1; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02394-1
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Background: In Papua (Indonesia), infants with P. falciparum and/or P. vivax malaria are at risk of severe anaemia and death. We hypothesized that in an area of high malaria transmission, intermittent screening and treatment of infants with malaria (ISTi) will reduce morbidity compared to passive c...