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Trends of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana over the past two decades: a review.
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- Malaria in pregnancy in India: a 50-year bird's eye.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Time to Act; Let Us Unite to Eliminate Malaria Among Pregnant Women in War Zone From Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Malaria and Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.Journal of parasitology research · 2026Article
- Trend of malaria test positivity rate among pregnant women, Savannah Region, Ghana, 2018-2022.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Clinicians' experience with quinine-based treatment of malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy in Ghana: a phenomenological study.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Malaria and anaemia prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in two regions in Ghana: an analytical cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Community-level determinants of RTS,S/AS01 vaccine acceptance in a hyperendemic Ghanaian Region: A Bayesian multilevel analysis from Kpando Municipality, Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Malaria and associated factors among pregnant women in Sekyere East District Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Malaria and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Co-Infection and Its Association With Anemia Among Pregnant Women Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025Article
- Individual- and community-level correlates of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Ghana: further analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey.Research in health services & regions · 2024Article
- Spatial distribution and determinants of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy: a secondary data analysis of the 2019 Ghana malaria indicators survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in a high malaria transmission setting: a cross-sectional study in rural Burkina Faso.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Screening for Resistant Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Sexually Transmitted Infections andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence on Malaria in Pregnancy, 2005-2022: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Assessing nursing mothers' knowledge, perceptions and uptake of Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) during pregnancy in the Ho Teaching Hospital of the Volta Region of Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Interventions for malaria prevention in pregnancy; factors influencing uptake and their effect on pregnancy outcomes among post-natal women in a tertiary facility in the Volta Region of Ghana.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Malaria, Urogenital Schistosomiasis, and Anaemia in Pregnant Ghanaian Women.Journal of parasitology research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been a global decline in malaria transmission over the past decade. However, not much is known of the impact of this observation on the burden of malaria infection in pregnancy in endemic regions including Ghana. A narrative review was undertaken to help describe trends in malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana. Among others, such information is important in showing any progress made in malaria in pregnancy control.
methodsTo describe trends in pregnancy-associated malaria infection in Ghana, a search and review of literature reporting data on the prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnancy was conducted.
resultsThirty-six (36) studies, conducted over 1994-2019, were included in the review. In the northern savannah zone with largely seasonal malaria transmission, prevalence appeared to reduce from about 50-60% in 1994-2010 to 13-26% by 2019. In the middle transitional/forest zone, where transmission is perennial with peaks in the rainy season, prevalence apparently reduced from 60% in the late 1990 s to about 5-20% by 2018. In the coastal savannah area, there was apparent reduction from 28 to 35% in 2003-2010 to 5-11% by 2018-2019. The burden of malaria infection in pregnancy continues to be highest among teenagers and younger-aged pregnant women and paucigravidae.
conclusionsThere appears to be a decline in asymptomatic parasite prevalence in pregnancy in Ghana though this has not been uniform across the different transmission zones. The greatest declines were noticeably in urban settings. Submicroscopic parasitaemia remains a challenge for control efforts. Further studies are needed to evaluate the impact of the reduced parasite prevalence on maternal anaemia and low birthweight and to assess the local burden of submicroscopic parasitaemia in relation to pregnancy outcomes.
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