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Aguzie ION, Ivoke N, Onyishi GC, et al. Antenatal Practices Ineffective at Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria during Pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Nigeria. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2017;2(2)doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020015.
Aguzie, I. O. N., Ivoke, N., Onyishi, G. C., & Okoye, I. C. (2017). Antenatal Practices Ineffective at Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria during Pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Nigeria. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2(2), . https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2020015
Aguzie, Ifeanyi Oscar Ndimkaoha, et al. "Antenatal Practices Ineffective at Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria during Pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Nigeria." Tropical medicine and infectious disease vol. 2,2 (2017). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2020015
Aguzie ION, Ivoke N, Onyishi GC, Okoye IC. Antenatal Practices Ineffective at Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria during Pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Nigeria. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 12;2(2). doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020015. PMID: 30270874; PMCID: PMC6082074.
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Trop Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 12;2(2). doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020015.

Antenatal Practices Ineffective at Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria during Pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Nigeria.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Ifeanyi Oscar Ndimkaoha Aguzie, Njoku Ivoke, Grace C Onyishi, Ikem C Okoye

Affiliations

  1. Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, P.O. Box 3146, Nigeria. [email protected].
  2. Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, P.O. Box 3146, Nigeria. [email protected].
  3. Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, P.O. Box 3146, Nigeria. [email protected].
  4. Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, P.O. Box 3146, Nigeria. [email protected].

PMID: 30270874 PMCID: PMC6082074 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020015

Abstract

Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) is a major public health concern constituting a serious risk to the pregnant woman, her foetus, and newborn. Management of cases and prevention rely partly on effective and efficient antenatal services. This study examined the effectiveness of antenatal service provision in a major district hospital in sub-Saharan Africa at preventing PAM. A cross-sectional hospital based study design aided by questionnaire was used. Malaria diagnosis was by microscopy. Overall prevalence of PAM was 50.7% (38/75). Mean

Keywords: antenatal service; antenatal visit; infant mortality; maternal mortality; mosquito bed net; neonate; obstetrics; parasitaemia; pregnancy associated malaria; tropical health

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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