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Knowledge of malaria influences the use of insecticide treated nets but not intermittent presumptive treatment by pregnant women in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: To reduce the intolerable burden of malaria in pregnancy, the Ministry of Health in Tanzania has recently adopted a policy of intermittent presumptive treatment for pregnant women using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). In addition, there is strong national commitment to increase dis...
Autores principales: | Nganda, Rhoida Y, Drakeley, Chris, Reyburn, Hugh, Marchant, Tanya |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2004
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15541178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-3-42 |
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