A study that seeks to establish an effective way of preventing anaemia in children at the
community level using two known interventions - Iron supplementation and or antimalarial.
Children recruited into the study will be assigned to four groups. Those receiving Placebo
and Iron, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial
and those receiving double placebo. The children will be followed up over a period of nine
months and their haemoglobin concentration, malaria parasites in their blood and their weight
and height will be assessed.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Ghana Health Services
Collaborator:
Netherlands Overseas Agency
Treatments:
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination Pyrimethamine Sulfadoxine