Pregnant women are more susceptible than non-pregnant women to malaria, and this susceptibility is greatest in first and second pregnancy. Although some other infectious diseases are also worse in ...
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women; SP: Sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine. With malaria being one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, prompt and ...
Though progress against malaria continues to stall, mainly due to funding gaps, the World Health Organization (WHO) in its annual report today highlighted a promising development: more pregnant women ...
A new and innovative approach is needed if a Zero Malaria world is to become a reality within our lifetimes. Tragically, pregnant women and infants represent the largest vulnerable group of those ...
We found that in this malaria-endemic and HIV-prevalent low-income setting, routine and selective iron prophylaxis during pregnancy were largely comparable with regard to birth outcomes, but more ...
Background Across sub-Saharan Africa, pregnant women attend routine health services around the 20th week of gestation. Objective To investigate, with a view to maximising effectiveness of malaria ...
Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the negative D antigen phenotype, adherence to routine antenatal anti-D immunoglobulin prophylaxis (RAADP) administration and D antigen ...
Pregnant women are more susceptible than non-pregnant women to malaria, and this susceptibility is greatest in first and second pregnancy. Although some other infectious diseases are also worse in ...