The challenges of diagnosis and treatment of malaria in pregnancy in low resource settings

Malarial infestation in pregnancy is a major public health concern in endemic countries and ranks high amongst the commonest complications of pregnancy, especially in large areas of Africa and Asia. It is an important preventable cause of significant maternal morbidity and mortality with associated...

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Published inActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Vol. 87; no. 7; pp. 693 - 696
Main Authors Omo-Aghoja, Lawrence O., Abe, Eghe, Feyi-Waboso, Paul, Okonofua, Friday E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2008
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Challenges
Developing Countries
diagnosis and treatment
Drug Combinations
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health Resources - economics
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
low resource settings
Malaria
Malaria - diagnosis
Malaria - therapy
malaria in pregnancy
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - therapy
Prenatal Care
Protozoal diseases
Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use
Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use
World Health Organization
low resource settings
Protozoal disease
Malaria
Gynecology
diagnosis and treatment
Resource
malaria in pregnancy
Parasitosis
Obstetrics
Infection
Pregnancy
Treatment
Challenges
Female
Diagnosis
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Summary:Malarial infestation in pregnancy is a major public health concern in endemic countries and ranks high amongst the commonest complications of pregnancy, especially in large areas of Africa and Asia. It is an important preventable cause of significant maternal morbidity and mortality with associated fetal as well as perinatal wastage. The burden of malaria is greatest in sub-Saharan Africa where it contributes directly or indirectly to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The need for prompt and accurate diagnosis as well as prevention and treatment of malaria during pregnancy cannot, therefore, be overemphasized. This commentary focuses on the challenges of diagnosis and treatment of malaria in pregnancy.
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ISSN:0001-6349
1600-0412
DOI:10.1080/00016340802136889