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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Trop. 2011 Nov 19;121(3):166–174. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.005

Table 1.

Current Consensus Malaria Control Policies in West Africa

1] Artemsinin-combination treatments (ACTs) for the treatment of persons with symptomatic uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection using either Coartem (artemether + lumefantrine; The Gambia, Senegal, Mali), Falcimon or Arsucam (artesunate + amodiaquine; The Gambia, Senegal, Mali), or Duocotexin (dihydroartemisinin + piperaquine; Senegal),
2] Long-Lasting Insecticide-treated bed Nets (LLINs) to reduce the frequency of malaria transmission from the anopheline vector to humans for pregnant women and their infants (Mali, Senegal) or the entire population (The Gambia),
3] Intermittent Preventive Treatment with pyrimethamine + sulfadoxine (Fansidar) during Pregnancy (IPTp) to reduce the frequency of placental malaria and its consequences for the newborn by using therapeutic doses (75 mg pyrimethamine, 1500 mg sulfadoxine) of Fansidar during both the second and third trimesters.