Delivery strategies for malaria chemoprevention with monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years old in Malawi: a protocol for a cluster randomized trial

• Main Authors: Thandile Gondwe (Author), Bjarne Robberstad (Author), Mavuto Mukaka (Author), Siri Lange (Author), Bjørn Blomberg (Author), Kamija Phiri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children initially hospitalized with severe anaemia in Africa are at high risk of readmission or death within 6 months after discharge. No intervention strategy specifically protects children during the post-discharge period. Recent evidence from Malawi shows that 3 months of pos...