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ReviewMalaria journal2024

Making the most of malaria chemoprevention.

Jasper Littmann, Dorothy Achu, Miriam K Laufer, Corine Karema, David Schellenberg

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Review in Malaria journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jasper LittmannBergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting-BCEPS, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. jasper.littmann@fhi.no.
Dorothy AchuWorld Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Miriam K LauferCenter for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Corine KaremaQuality and Equity Healthcare, Kigali, Rwanda.
David SchellenbergFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Funding

Mentoring in patient-oriented research in global healthK24AI114996 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LAUFER, MIRIAM K. · 2016 to 2025
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI114996World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Against a backdrop of stalled progress in malaria control, it is surprising that the various forms of malaria chemoprevention are not more widely used. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended several malaria chemoprevention strategies, some of them for over a decade, and each with documented efficacy and cost effectiveness. In 2022, the WHO updated and augmented its malaria chemoprevention guidelines to facilitate their wider use. This paper considers new insights into the empirical evidence that supports the broader application of chemoprevention and encourages its application as a default strategy for young children living in moderate to high transmission settings given their high risk of severe disease and death. Chemoprevention is an effective medium-term strategy with potential benefits far outweighing costs. There is a strong argument for urgently increasing malaria chemoprevention in endemic countries.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsMalariaChemopreventionChild, PreschoolCosts and Cost AnalysisHumansAntimalarialsChemopreventionMalariaPolicySeasonal chemoprevention

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PMID38369497
PMCPMC10875741

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