chemoprophylaxis intermittent preventive therapy 2010-06-25T10:51:34Z IDOMAL:0000401 IDOMAL:0000401 IPT Intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) is a public health intervention aimed at treating and preventing malaria episodes in infants (IPTi), children (IPTc), schoolchildren (IPTsc) and pregnant women (IPTp), building on two tested malaria control strategies a) to clear existing parasites (treatment effect seen in mass drug administrations) and b) to prevent new infections. idomal_namespace intermittent malaria therapy louis chemoprophylaxis