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Open Access | Intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: user acceptability

Submitted by Inga on January 19, 2010 - 15:45
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Lucy A Smith, Caroline Jones, Rose O Adjei, Gifty D Antwi, Nana A Afrah, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan, Harry Tagbor, Jayne Webster
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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:18 (14 January 2010)
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Lucy.Smith@lshtm.ac.uk

Due to very high and increasing resistance of malaria parasites to SP in Africa there is a need for alternative methods to protect pregnant women from the effects of malaria in pregnancy. This study describes pregnant women’s acceptability of such an alternative method based on intermittent RDT screening followed by treatment of those found positive. 

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