Prospects, achievements, challenges and opportunities for scaling-up malaria chemoprevention in pregnancy in Tanzania: the perspective of national level officers
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* Corresponding author: Godfrey M Mubyazi gmmubyazi@yahoo.co.uk
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:135 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-135
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Godfrey M Mubyazi, Paul Bloch, Pascal Magnussen, Øystein E Olsen, Jens Byskov, Kristian S Hansen, Ib C Bygbjerg Malaria Journal 2010, 9:54 (17 February 2010) Qualitative data collected in the Mufindi and Mkuranga districts of Coast Region using focus group discussions and exit-interviews with pregnant women identified at ANC clinics. The authors feel that although the Tanzanian government recommends that women who attend antenatal care clinics also receive intermittent preventive treatment against malaria and vouchers for insecticide-treated nets at subsidized prices, the effectiveness of this policy has never been tested in the field.
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Loretta Brabin, Elizabeth Stokes, Isatou Dumbaya, Stephen Owens Malaria Journal 2009, 8:25 (12 February 2009) The paper gives an interesting insight into the local understanding of pregnancy and on how this may influence adherence to intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment. Poor knowledge on foetal development, modern drugs and the IPT dosing schedule causes women to completely depend on health workers
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