@article{fdi:010049335,
  title = {{A}ctive malaria morbidity management has limited impact on height status of preschool senegalese children},
  author = {{F}illol, {F}lorie and {C}ournil, {A}mandine and {C}ames, {C}{\'e}cile and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {B}ork {S}imondon, {K}irsten},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lthough infections contribute to growth faltering in preschool children, malaria prevention seems to have limited impact on height status. {I}n 2002-2003, a malaria intermittent preventive treatment ({IPT}) trial was conducted in {S}enegal, including randomly selected preschool children from 11 villages, {A} rapid decrease in stunting prevalence (from 28.3 to 16.3%; {P} < 0.0001) was reported in both intervention and placebo groups. {D}uring this 15-mo period, both groups of children benefited from active detection and prompt treatment of malaria attacks. {I}n this study, we investigated whether management of malaria morbidity could explain the improvement of height status. {A}n anthropometric survey, conducted in {S}eptember 2004 in the area, included 929 2- to 5-y-old children, {S}ome 539 children, previously included in the 2002-2003 {IPT} trial, benefited from active malaria morbidity management and formed the malaria trial group. {T}he remaining 390 children constituted the control group. {M}ean height-for-age and stunting prevalence in {S}eptember 2004 were compared between groups adjusting for age and mother's activity. {M}ean height-for-age {Z}-scores did not differ between trial (-1.17 +/- 0.93) and control children (-1.24 +/- 1.00; {P} = 0.25). {O}nly 36- to 47-mo-old malaria trial children had a lower prevalence of stunting than controls of similar age (19.4 vs. 28.7%; {P} = 0.044). {C}ompared with the usually slow progression of height status related to better living conditions, it seems very likely that the rapid improvement observed among {IPT} study children resulted from the trial. {T}hese findings suggest that improved health services provided by the trial may also have benefited children not included living in study villages. {J}. {N}utr. 140: 625-629, 2010.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {N}utrition},
  volume = {140},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {625--629},
  ISSN = {0022-3166},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.3946/jn.109.114223},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049335},
}