HOW THIS STUDY MIGHT AFFECT RESEARCH, PRACTICE OR POLICY
malaria
MALARIA
The national health system of many countries, including Mali face challenges in achieving universal coverage of antenatal care and implementing the revised WHO recommendation. The evidence generated by this community-based trial is timely and will inform policies that can be implemented despite contextual challenges, in similar settings. Future research should focus on the need for further quality improvement of clinic-based care, and the potential value of implementing community-based intermittent preventive treatment of malaria using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.