Rural Gambian women's reliance on health workers to deliver sulphadoxine – pyrimethamine as recommended intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The use of most anti-malarial medications is restricted during pregnancy, but two doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine are recommended after the first trimester as intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). In The Gambia,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-02-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/25 |