ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2004
Malaria and anemia prevention in pregnant women of rural Burkina Faso.
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- Process and effects of a community intervention on malaria in rural Burkina Faso: randomized controlled trial.Malaria journal · 2008Trial
- Systematic Review of Mixed Studies on Malaria in Pregnancy: Individual, Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Its Treatment and Prevention.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Barriers to and determinants of the use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Cross River State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Iron+folic acid distribution and consumption through antenatal care: identifying barriers across countries.Public health nutrition · 2016Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso).BMC infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Asymptomatic malaria correlates with anaemia in pregnant women at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology · 2012Article
- Effects of Maternal Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and HIV infection on Birth Weight in Southeastern Nigeria.McGill journal of medicine : MJM : an international forum for the advancement of medical sciences by students · 2009Article
- Anaemia in pregnancy: a survey of pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria.African health sciences · 2005Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPregnant women are a major risk group for malaria in endemic areas. Only little information exists on the compliance of pregnant women with malaria and anaemia preventive drug regimens in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this study, we collected information on malaria and anaemia prevention behaviour in pregnant women of rural Burkina Faso.
methodsCross-sectional qualitative and quantitative survey among 225 women of eight villages in rural northwestern Burkina Faso. Four of the villages had a health centre offering antenatal care (ANC) services while the other four were more than five kilometers away from a health centre.
resultsOverall ANC coverage (at least one visit) was 71% (95% in health centre villages vs 50% in remote villages). Malaria and anaemia were considered as the biggest problems during pregnancy in this community. ANC using women were quite satisfied with the quality of services, and compliance with malaria and anaemia prevention regimens (chloroquine and iron/folic acid) was high in this population. Knowledge on the benefit of bed nets and good nutrition was less prominent. Distance, lack of money and ignorance were the main reasons for women to not attend ANC services.
conclusionsThere is an urgent need to improve access of rural SSA women to ANC services, either through increasing the number of rural health centres or establishing functioning outreach services. Moreover, alternative malaria and anaemia prevention programmes such as intermittent preventive treatment with effective antimalarials and the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets need to become implemented on a large scale.
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