Adherence to community versus facility-based delivery of monthly malaria chemoprevention with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anemia in Malawian children: A cluster randomized trial

• Main Authors: Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe, Bjarne Robberstad, Mavuto Mukaka, Richard Idro, Robert O. Opoka, Saidon Banda, Melf Jakob Kühl, Feiko O. Ter Kuile, Bjorn Blomberg, Kamija S. Phiri
• Other Authors: Makerere University College of Health Sciences
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/79315
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background The provision of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in children recently admitted with severe anemia reduces the risk of death and re-admissions in malaria endemic countries. The main objective of this trial was to identify the most effective method of delivering dihydroartemesi...