Effectiveness of antenatal intermittent preventive treatment for malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine on peripartum outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for 4-weekly antenatal intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP), there is a need to evaluate the drug performance in order to determine their effectiveness as tools in malaria control policy.

Objectives

To determine prevalence of cord blood malaria, compliance gap and adverse pregnancy outcomes (anaemia, preterm delivery, spontaneous abortion, intra-uterine foetal death and low birth weight) among antenatal IPTp-SP users compared with non-users.

Methods

A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among consenting 390 participants who were administered a questionnaire, and paired blood samples were collected from the venous blood of

SUBMITTER: Godwin IO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9452816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature