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Prevention Asia and Latin America
Theme: Prevention Asia and Latin America
The objective of this group of projects is to define the malaria burden and to determine the optimal strategy for the control of malaria in pregnancy in areas in Asia and Latin America with low or moderate malaria transmission where P falciparum and P vivax malaria coexist.
The major activities included within this group are:
- Prevention strategy for Papua New Guinea (PNG)
A trial to determine if a two dose IPTp regime gives better protection than the current single dose treatment.
- Prevention strategy in India
Burden of malaria in pregnancy, and the effectiveness and implementability of intermittent screening and treatment of malaria as part of antenatal care (ISTp) will be evaluated in phase I. The effectiveness of ISTp alone or in combination with ITN and/or IRS in different epidemiological settings in India in phase II.
- Prevention strategy in Latin America
Burden assessment in Phase I (2008-2010) followed by a multi-centre trial (Phase II) to determine the effectiveness of IPTp and ISTp to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy in areas of the Amazon region of Latin America with low to medium rates of malaria transmission.