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Low Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Net among Pregnant Women in the Middle Belt of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy leads to low birth weight, premature birth, anaemia, and maternal and neonatal mortality. Use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) during pregnancy is one of the proven interventions to reduce the malaria burden. However, Ghana has not achieved its target for ITN use a...

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Autores principales:	Manu, Grace, Boamah-Kaali, Ellen Abrafi, Febir, Lawrence Gyabaa, Ayipah, Emmanuel, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Asante, Kwaku Poku
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7481210

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