Mass Administration of Azithromycin to Infants in Mali to Reduce Mortality
Mass administration of azithromycin in Mali, limited to infants 1 to 11 months of age, did not result in lower infant or child mortality than placebo, regardless of whether azithromycin was delivered twice yearly or quarterly. (Funded by the Gates Foundation; LAKANA ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04424511.).
Authors
- Yin Bun Cheung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-7625)
- Per Ashorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-2593)
- Taru Vehmasto
- Collins Okello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-0989)
- Rikhard Ihamuotila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2624-5298)
- Juho Luoma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0008-8295)
- Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore
- Lotta Hallamaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-3288)
- Tiia Haapaniemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6955-4623)
- Elaine Cloutman-Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-3196)
- Fadima Cheick Haidara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-2941)
- Samba O. Sow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6335-5066)
- Yue‐Mei Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-6225)
- Owen Martell
- Camilla Ducker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8417-0215)
- Gwydion Gruffudd
- Dagmar Alber
- Laura Adubra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0973-9533)
- Oumar Samaké
- Mamadou Diallo
- Jane Juma
- Akshaya Murugesan
- Kaisa Ylikruuvi
- Mahamadou Abdou
Institutions
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (GB)
- Centre Pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali (ML)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Ministère de la Santé (LU)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2504644
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.38