Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp): Do frequent antenatal care visits ensure access and compliance to IPTp in Ugandan rural communities?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 536-540

  Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ^a   Katamanywa, James ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b Kyenjojo Health Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Intermittent preventive treatment; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine access; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RURAL POPULATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULFADOXINE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954534098     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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