An ethnographic study of how health system, socio-cultural and individual factors influence uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a Ghanaian context.
<h4>Background</h4>Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP), is one of the three recommended interventions for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) in sub-Sahara Africa. The World Health Organisation recommended in...
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Main Authors: | Matilda Aberese-Ako, Pascal Magnussen, Gifty D Ampofo, Margaret Gyapong, Evelyn Ansah, Harry Tagbor |
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Language: | EN |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/b6f2b9ceaadd40cb85bdcf9e7ba0d0ae |
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