Is an IPTp-SP Dose Due Today? Malaria Prevention in Pregnancy (WHO)
Says whether an IPTp-SP dose for malaria in pregnancy is due today.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Gestational age, completed weeks
- 24
- Contraindication
- None
- Previous IPTp dose
- Yes
- Weeks since the last dose
- 5
- Folic acid
- 0.4 mg a day
Result: Due today: 3 tablets of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine 500/25 mg (1,500/75 mg), swallowed in front of the health worker.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Gestational age, completed weeks
- Plus days (0-6)
- Contraindication
- Previous IPTp dose
- Weeks since the last dose
- Folic acid
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. WHO guidelines for malaria, 10 September 2026. doi:10.2471/B09879. Section 4.2.1, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (pp. 102-104, 108). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.