title: Intermittent presumptive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a counter perspective.
abstract: Malaria continues to cause devastation during pregnancy. Unfortunately, there is still no clear strategy to effectively protect pregnant women and countless mothers living in malaria endemic countries are dying every year. The effective prevention of malaria during pregnancy will take much more than the so-called "Global Call for Action" for an intervention (IPTp-SP) that cannot succeed. A new and truly "global" strategy is urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. francois@tropmedres.ac.|Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand. francois@tropmedres.ac.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nosten
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. rose@shoklo-unit.com.|Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand. rose@shoklo-unit.com.
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McGready
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D004338:Drug Combinations; C001205:fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D011739:Pyrimethamine