Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp) Versus Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy

"Eligible women will be allocated randomly to one of three groups and treated as follows:~Arm 1 (OptiMAL® antigen screening and treatment with SP plus LLIN group) - a woman in this will receive 1500mg/75mg (S/P) administered at the ANC as single dose on enrollment if her screening test is positive.~Arm 2 (OptiMAL® antigen screening and treatment with AQ+AS plus LLIN) - a woman in this will receive 300mg of AQ and 100mg co-administered two times a day for 3 days if her screening test is positive. The first dose is observed on enrolment day at the ANC.~Arm 3 (SP-IPTp plus LLIN group) - a woman in this will receive 1500mg/75mg (S/P) administered at the ANC as single dose on enrollment as recommended by national policy.~All enrolled women will be given one long lasting insecticide treated bed net each for use."