Cost Effectiveness of Seasonal Intermittent Preventive Treatment Using Amodiaquine Artesunate or Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Ghanaian Children

摘要

BackgroundIntermittent preventive treatment for malaria in children (IPTc) involves the administration of a full course of an anti-malarial treatment to children under 5 years old at specified time points regardless of whether or not they are known to be infected, in areas where malaria transmission is seasonal. It is important to determine the costs associated with IPTc delivery via community based volunteers and also the potential savings to health care providers and caretakers due to malaria episodes averted as a consequence of IPTc.