Patterns of case management and chemoprevention for malaria-in-pregnancy by public and private sector health providers in Enugu state, Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Ogochukwu C ^a   Soremekun, Rebecca O ^b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Shu, Elvis ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Chemotherapy; IPTp; Malaria in pregnancy; Providers

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANASIL, PYRIMETHAMINE DRUG COMBINATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 84860341394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-211     Document Type: Article

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