Age-based targeting of biannual azithromycin distribution for child survival in Niger: an adaptive cluster-randomized trial protocol (AVENIR)

• Main Authors: Kieran S. O'Brien (Author), Ahmed M. Arzika (Author), Abdou Amza (Author), Ramatou Maliki (Author), Sani Ousmane (Author), Boubacar Kadri (Author), Beido Nassirou (Author), Alio Karamba Mankara (Author), Abdoul Naser Harouna (Author), Emily Colby (Author), Elodie Lebas (Author), Zijun Liu (Author), Victoria Le (Author), William Nguyen (Author), Jeremy D. Keenan (Author), Catherine E. Oldenburg (Author), Travis C. Porco (Author), Thuy Doan (Author), Benjamin F. Arnold (Author), Thomas M. Lietman (Author), the AVENIR Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Biannual distribution of azithromycin to children 1-59 months old reduced mortality by 14% in a cluster-randomized trial. The World Health Organization has proposed targeting this intervention to the subgroup of children 1-11 months old to reduce selection for antimicrobial resis...