Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey to assess uptake of the new sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine five dose policy in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy poses a great risk to both mother and fetus. In Ghana, malaria accounts for 3.4% of deaths and 16.8% of all hospital admissions in pregnant women. In 2014, Ghana updated her policy on intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimeth...

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Autores principales: Owusu-Boateng, Ivy, Anto, Francis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28797296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1969-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28797296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1969-7

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