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Malaria continues to be a life-threatening illness throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, with pregnant women and children being particularly vulnerable and an estimated 10 000 women and 200 000 newborns dying each year as a result of malaria in pregnancy (MIP). Since 2004, WHO has supported a three-...
BMC Public Health (2024) 24:755 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17650-7 BMC Public Health RESEARCH Open Access Prevention of malaria in pregnancy through health education intervention programs on insecticide-treated nets use: a systematic review Opara Monica Onyinyechi1, Su...
View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (162K) Keywords: pregnancy; malaria; HIV; antimalarial control; sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine Summaryobjectives To examine in pregnant women the relationship between HIV infection and malaria prevalence and to determine, in relation to HIV infection, the effectivene...
MALARIA OCCURRING DURING THE PUERPERIUM AND IN THE NEONATECHLOROQUINEDRUG THERAPYINFANT, NEWBORNINFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASESMALARIAMATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGEPREGNANCYPREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUSPUERPERAL DISORDERSMed J Aust. 1965 Feb 13;1(7):223-5....
You are a health worker in a rural hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa and are presented with a drowsy, febrile child. The first prompts explore the paediatric history, examination and basic observations. Discussion is made on what defines fever. The prose then gives some more information about the...
Other concomitant and isolated findings were impetigo caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, positive hepatitis B surface antigen test in the context of hypertransaminasaemia in 1 patient, a positive tuberculin test in 1 patient and a positive pregnancy test in 1 female patient. The treatment used most ...
Malaria infection in pregnant women can be more severe than in nonpregnant women. Malaria can increase the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including prematurity, abortion, and stillbirth. For these reasons, and because no chemoprophylactic regimen is completely effective, women who are pregnant ...
An increasing trend by gestational age in ITN use was observed each survey year, rising in 2007 from 23% of first-trimester women to 30% of women post partum (χ2=5.9, p=0.01). Conclusion Uptake of malaria interventions is not evenly distributed throughout pregnancy. Including gestational ...
Treat-Track initiative (T3 initiative), universal distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for children under 5 years old during the high transmission period and intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) of malaria during pregnancy [11, 12]....