Resources

Key publications on IPTi

1. WHO. World malaria report. WHO 2019; Available at

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565721

2. WHO. WHO policy recommendation: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for

Plasmodium falciparum malaria control in highly seasonal transmission areas of the Sahel sub-region in Africa. World Health Organization. 2012; Available at :

https://www.who.int/malaria/publications/atoz/smc_policy_recommendation_en_032012.pdf

3. WHO. WHO Policy recommendation on intermittent preventive treatment during

infancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria control in Africa. World Health Organization. 2010; Available at :

https://www.who.int/malaria/news/WHO_policy_recommendation_IPTi_032010.pdf?ua=1

4. Aponte JJ, Schellenberg D, Egan A, Breckenridge A, Carneiro I, Critchley J, et al. Efficacy

and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in

African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trials. Lancet (London, England). 2009;374(9700):1533-42. Available at:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19765816/

5. Conteh L, Sicuri E, Manzi F, Hutton G, Obonyo B, Tediosi F, et al. The cost-effectiveness

of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in Sub-Saharan Africa. PloS one.

2010;5(6):e10313. Available at:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010313

6. Esu EB, Oringanje C, Meremikwu MM. Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in

infants. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2019;12(12):Cd011525. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31792925/

7. WHO. GLOBAL TECHNICAL STRATEGY FOR MALARIA 2016–2030. World Health

Organization. 2015. Available at : https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/global-technical-strategy-for-malaria-2016-2030.pdf

8. Mayor A, Serra-Casas E, Sanz S, Aponte JJ, Macete E, Mandomando I, et al. Molecular

markers of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during intermittent preventive treatment

for malaria in Mozambican infants. The Journal of infectious diseases. 2008;197(12):1737-42. Available at:

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/197/12/1737/867000

9. Alexander N, Sutherland C, Roper C, Cissé B, Schellenberg D. Modelling the impact of

intermittent preventive treatment for malaria on selection pressure for drug resistance.

Malaria journal. 2007;6:9. Available at:

https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2875-6-9

10. O’Meara WP, Smith DL, McKenzie FE. Potential impact of intermittent preventive

treatment (IPT) on spread of drug-resistant malaria. PLoS medicine. 2006;3(5):e141. Available at:

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030141

11. Reyburn H, Mbatia R, Drakeley C, Bruce J, Carneiro I, Olomi R, et al. Association of

transmission intensity and age with clinical manifestations and case fatality of severe

Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Jama. 2005;293(12):1461-70. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15784869/

12. Roca-Feltrer A, Carneiro I, Smith L, Schellenberg JR, Greenwood B, Schellenberg D. The age patterns of severe malaria syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa across a range of transmission intensities and seasonality settings. Malaria journal. 2010;9:282. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20939931/

13. Crawley J, Sismanidis C, Goodman T, Milligan P. Effect of intermittent preventive

treatment for malaria during infancy on serological responses to measles and other vaccines

used in the Expanded Programme on Immunization: results from five randomised controlled

trials. Lancet (London, England). 2012;380(9846):1001-10. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22850358/

14. Gupta H, Macete E, Bulo H, Salvador C, Warsame M, Carvalho E, et al. Drug-Resistant

Polymorphisms and Copy Numbers in Plasmodium falciparum, Mozambique, 2015. Emerging infectious diseases. 2018;24(1):40-8. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749434/

15. WHO. Reported estimates of MCV1 coverage. 2020. Available at :

https://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/timeseries/tscoveragemcv1.html

16. Hutton G, Schellenberg D, Tediosi F, Macete E, Kahigwa E, Sigauque B, et al. Cost-

effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2009;87(2):123-9. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636201/

17. UNICEF. Levels and Trends in Child Mortality. 2019; Available at

http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/105841568905930695/pdf/Levels-and-Trends-in-Child-Mortality-Report-2019.pdf