Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a community-based delivery system and its effect on parasitemia, anemia and low birth weight in Uganda | Zendy

Anthony K. Mbonye | Zendy; Ib Christian Bygbjerg | Zendy; Pascal Magnussen | Zendy

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Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a community-based delivery system and its effect on parasitemia, anemia and low birth weight in Uganda

Author(s) -

Anthony K. Mbonye,

Ib Christian Bygbjerg,

Pascal Magnussen

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.10.008

Subject(s) - parasitemia , medicine , malaria , anemia , pregnancy , low birth weight , obstetrics , birth weight , community health , sulfadoxine , community health workers , sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine , pediatrics , environmental health , population , public health , immunology , pyrimethamine , chloroquine , health services , nursing , plasmodium falciparum , biology , genetics

The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of a community-based delivery system of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) for malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) on access, parasitemia, anemia and low birth weight as primary outcome measures.

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