Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) decreases placental parasitaemia and improves birth outcomes. Currently, WHO recommends three or more doses of SP given during antenatal care (ANC), spaced one month apart after 16 weeks of...

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Autores principales: Anto, Francis, Agongo, Ibrahim Haruna, Asoala, Victor, Awini, Elizabeth, Oduro, Abraham Rexford
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6712685

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6712685

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