Evaluation of malaria screening during pregnancy with rapid diagnostic tests performed by community health workers in Burkina Faso Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
One of the current strategies to prevent malaria in pregnancy is intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). However, in order for pregnant women to receive an adequate number of SP doses, they should attend a health facility on a regular basis. In addition, SP resistance may decrease IPTp-SP efficacy. New or additional interventions for preventing malaria during pregnancy are therefore warranted. Because it is ...