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Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Geita district, North-Western Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Malaria infection during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For this reason, the World Health Organization currently recommends intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) at each scheduled...

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Autores principales: Mpogoro, Filbert J, Matovelo, Dismas, Dosani, Aliyah, Ngallaba, Sospatro, Mugono, Moshi, Mazigo, Humphrey D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-455