Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: A qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practices of district health managers, antenatal care staff and pregnant women in Korogwe District, North-Eastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mubyazi, Godfrey ^a,b,d   Bloch, Paul ^b   Kamugisha, Mathias ^c   Kitua, Andrew ^a   Ijumba, Jasper ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SENSITIZATION; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIMALARIALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA;

EID: 23944511476     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-31     Document Type: Article

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