Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in Africa: What's new, what's needed?
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* Corresponding author: Andrew Vallely andrew.vallely@gmail.com
Malaria Journal 2007, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-16
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Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Joanna Schellenberg, Flora Kessy, Iddy Mayumana, Brigit Obrist Malaria Journal 2011, 10:140 (21 May 2011) An interesting analysis of the effects of timing of ANC attendance and policy weaknesses, in turn affecting provider practices, on the delivery/coverage of IPTp in a region of Tanzania.
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Malaria has no effect on birth weight in Rwanda Stephen Rulisa, Pètra F Mens, Corine Karema, Henk DFH Schallig, Nadine Kaligirwa, Joseph Vyankandondera, Peter J de Vries Malaria Journal 2009, 8:194 (10 August 2009) The study is highly relevant in view of the reported reduction in malaria burden in Rwanda as a result from scale up of effective malaria interventions. The malaria control programme needs to adapt this changing situation in terms of choosing appropriate and relevant control tools The findings from the current study could inform policy decisions.
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Tanya Marchant, Rose Nathan, Caroline Jones, Hadji Mponda, Jane Bruce, Yovitha Sedekia, Joanna Schellenberg, Hassan Mshinda, Kara Hanson Malaria Journal 2008, 7:260 (18 December 2008) The authors have used data that were collected as part of the monitoring and evaluation of the Tanzanian National Voucher Scheme to assess trends in IPTp coverage. They highlight a number of areas where remedial action by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health could lead to substantial improvements in coverage.
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Azithromycin-chloroquine and the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy R Matthew Chico, Rudiger Pittrof, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan Malaria Journal 2008, 7:255 (16 December 2008) The review is broad in its scope and covers important public health issues.
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Piero L Olliaro, Henriette Delenne, Moustafa Cisse, Malick Badiane, Alberto Olliaro, Michel Vaillant, Philippe Brasseur Malaria Journal 2008, 7:234 (7 November 2008) This is an interesting analysis of routinely collected health dispensary data on birth weight and pregnancy characteristics in relation to IPTp use.
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Godfrey M Mubyazi, Ib C Bygbjerg, Pascal Magnussen, Øystein Olsen, Jens Byskov, Kristian S Hansen, Paul Bloch Malaria Journal 2008, 7:135 (22 July 2008) A study of the feasibility of IPTp programmes in the context of antenatal care guidelines
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Katherine Anders, Tanya Marchant, Pili Chambo, Pasiens Mapunda, Hugh Reyburn Malaria Journal 2008, 7:79 (9 May 2008) The paper addresses a common misconception among health care providers and policy makers that late attendance to antenatal care is the single most important limitation for delivering intermittent preventive treatment for malaria. In addition they identify other constraints that may be more amenable to systemwide changes that could improve the delivery of this important health intervention. In particular, a lack of information of health workers on the reasoning for continued use of SP for IPTp, when national policy has replaced it as a first-line treatment.
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How antimalarial drug resistance affects post-treatment prophylaxis Nicholas J White Malaria Journal 2008, 7:9 (11 January 2008) Slowly-eliminated antimalarial drugs suppress malaria reinfections for a period of time, an effect called post-treatment prophylaxis, which represents an important component of treatment responses. Antimalarial drug resistance shortens the period of post-treatment prophylaxis.
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Heidi Hopkins, Ambrose Talisuna, Christopher JM Whitty, Sarah G Staedke Malaria Journal 2007, 6:134 (8 October 2007) Home-based management of malaria, which involves presumptively treating febrile children with pre-packaged antimalarial drugs distributed by members of the community, is promoted as a major strategy to improve prompt delivery of effective malaria treatment in Africa. Of 1,069 potentially relevant publications identified, only six studies were identified as meeting inclusion criteria. Heterogeneity of the evaluations, including variability in study design, precluded meta-analysis and overall results were mixed.
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