Prevention

INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT IN PREGNANCY (IPTp) 

It refers to an administration of antimalarial in full therapeutic doses at predetermined intervals during pregnancy to individuals. to prevent Malarial complications during pregnancy.

The drug of choice is Sulphadoxine/Pyrimethamine (SP) containing 500 mg of Sulphadoxine and 25 mg of  Pyrimethamine, 3 tablets once with a minimum of 3 doses in entire pregnancy period .

The first dose should be administered from 14 weeks of pregnancy onwards .Each  dose should be given at least 4 weeks apart . The last dose of IPTp with SP can be administered up to the time of delivery, without safety concerns