Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2022, WHO guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
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Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
High
In malaria-endemic areas in Africa, provide intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) to all women in their first or second pregnancy (SP-IPTp) as part of antenatal care. Dosing should start in the second trimester and doses should be given at least 1 month apart, with the objective of ensuring that at least three doses are received.
Notes and Remarks
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines for the treatment of malaria
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 February 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 July 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 31 March 2022.
WHO Guidelines for malaria, 14 March 2023