PROTECT; prophylaxis against Malaria to enhance child development
Study period:2015-Ongoing.
The prophylaxis against Malaria to enhance child development (PROTECT study) focuses on how the systemic and placental changes that occur with malaria in pregnancy can adversely affect the developing fetal brain, and fetal brain injury strongly affects long-term childhood neurodevelopment and behavior .
Objectives
- To determine the effect of malaria prevention in pregnant women and their children on child neurodevelopment.
- To identify the major mechanisms by which malaria prevention in pregnant women and children affects child neurodevelopment.
