Treatment policy change to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine contributes to the reduction of adverse maternal and pregnancy outcomes

Background: In Papua, Indonesia, maternal malaria is prevalent, multidrug resistant and associated with adverse outcomes for mother and baby. In March 2006, anti-malarial policy was revised for the second and third trimester of pregnancy to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHP) for all species of mal...

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Main Authors: Poespoprodjo, J, Fobia, W, Kenangalem, E, Lampah, D, Sugiarto, P, Tjitra, E, Anstey, N, Price, R
Format: Journal article
Published: BioMed Central 2015