Improving SP-IPTi by increasing numbers of doses and testing alternative strategies to EPI delivery channels
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Authors: Olusola Oresanya
In Nigeria, malaria remains a public health challenge: Nigeria contributes about 25 percent to the global burden, with children and pregnant women most affected.
Between 2008 and 2013, reduction in infant mortality rate (IMR) in Nigeria was marginal (8.7 percent) compared to reduction in the under-five mortality rate (22.7 percent). IMR declined only two percentage points (69 to 67 percent) from 2013 to 2018. This calls for more focused interventions regarding this age group.
This presentation was given at the 70th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
