Decline of placental malaria in southern Ghana after the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
Open Access
- 8 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 6 (1), 144
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-144
Abstract
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) has been adopted as policy by many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, data on the post-implementation effectiveness of this measure are scarce.Keywords
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