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Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) among postpartum women in Zomba District, Malawi: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Malaria in pregnancy causes adverse birth outcomes. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is recommended as a chemoprevention therapy. Zomba district IPTp uptake falls far below the national average. The study was...

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Main Authors:	Steven Chifundo Azizi (Author), Gershom Chongwe (Author), Helen Chipukuma (Author), Choolwe Jacobs (Author), Jessy Zgambo (Author), Charles Michelo (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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