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Effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine‐pyrimethamine for control of malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya: a hospital‐based study

Anna Maria van Eijk, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Juliana A. Otieno, Ambrose Misore, Judith Odondi, Daniel H. Rosen, Piet A. Kager, Richard W. Steketee, Bernard L. Nahlen

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2004 · 127 citations · 15 references

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This evaluation confirms that IPT with SP is effective in reducing placental malaria and LBW. It will be important to increase coverage of IPT and to extend IPT to antenatal clinics in peri-urban and rural areas.

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