Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets for the control of malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A synthesis and meta-analysis of national survey data, 2009-11

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1029-1042

  Van Eijk, Anna Maria ^a   Hill, Jenny ^a   Larsen, David A ^b   Webster, Jayne ^c   Steketee, Richard W ^d   Eisele, Thomas P ^e   ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d PATH   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BED NET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO NETS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887622057     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70199-3     Document Type: Article

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