From: Cost analysis of school-based intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in Kenya
Consequences | Justification of Consequence | |
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Health | Â | Â |
Reduced anaemia | 48% reduction of moderate anaemia was found from IPT in Kenyan school children and improved haemoglobin in Ugandan children using IPT. | |
Reduced clinical malaria | Reductions of between 42% and 67% reported by seasonally targeted IPT trials in schools in Mali. | |
Reduced malaria transmission | Modelling studies of community based IST and school based IPT suggests potential for considerable impact on transmission of malaria due to treatment of asymptomatic disease reservoir | |
Surveillance data | Potential of school malaria surveys for community surveillance of malaria. Early detection systems for malaria in the Kenyan highlands were found to cost US$15,512 per district. | [64] |
Drug resistance | Modelling studies highlight the increased resistant parasite selection pressure due to treatment of asymptomatic infection. | |
Non-Health | Â | Â |
Improved educational achievement | Improvement in attendance, cognitive ability and educational attainment found from IPT or chemoprophylaxis in school children. | |
Cost reductions | Local household cost burden reduced by US$ 2.52 per malaria episode. | [57] |