Factors associated with malaria in pregnancy among antenatal care mothers at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in northern Uganda

Background All pregnant mothers in Uganda are given sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP, Fansidar ® ) for presumptive treatment of malaria in pregnancy from 14 weeks of gestation, every four weeks, until delivery. However, prenatal mothers still fall sick of malaria. This study aimed to assess the factors...

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Published in:	Malaria journal Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 346 - 6
Main Authors:	Oguta, Solomon, Serumaga, Brian, Odongo, Lameck, Otika, Donald, Ayikoru, Jackline, Otim, Raymond, Opee, Jimmyy, Arwinyo, Baifa, Pebalo, Francis Pebolo, Achora, Vincentina, Ojara, Sande, Abola, Benard, Awor, Silvia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 18.11.2024 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Africa Antimalarials Antimalarials - therapeutic use Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Blood Care and treatment Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnosis Dosage and administration Drug Combinations Entomology Female Gulu Health aspects Humans Infectious Diseases Malaria Malaria - epidemiology Medical examination Microbiology Mothers - statistics & numerical data Parasitology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - epidemiology Pregnant women Prenatal care Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data Prevalence Public Health Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use Risk Factors Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use Tropical Medicine Uganda Uganda - epidemiology Young Adult Uganda Pregnancy Uganda Malaria Gulu Africa
ISSN:	1475-2875, 1475-2875
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