Intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Provider knowledge and acceptability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Paintain, Lucy Smith ^a   Antwi, Gifty D ^b   Jones, Caroline ^a   Amoako, Esther ^b   Adjei, Rose O ^b   Afrah, Nana A ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Tagbor, Harry ^a,b   Webster, Jayne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKLOAD; WORKSHOP;

EID: 80052015804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024035     Document Type: Article

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