Summary Background Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
threatens the antimalarial effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment during …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Medicinal plant (MP) use during pregnancy is common in
Africa and may have profound effects on both the mother and the developing foetus. A lack …

The major health problems affecting pregnant women in sub-Saharan African are anaemia,
malaria and HIV. A case-control study aimed at determining the prevalence of malaria …

Over the past decade, significant gains have been made in the implementation of malaria
prevention measures in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa, including the distribution of …

Background Malaria in pregnancy is a significant contributor to adverse pregnancy outcome,
especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prevention with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) during …

Objective: This study aimed at determining the prevalence and associated risk factors for
delivery of low birth weight (LBW) neonates in a Traditional Birth Home (TBH) in Benin City …

Background: Thanks to a considerable increase in funding, malaria control interventions
(MCI) whose efficacy had been demonstrated by controlled trials have been largely scaled …

Micronutrients are vitamins, minerals and trace elements that are used in minute doses as
cofactors, antioxidants and modulators of gene transcription homeostasis. MMNs may have …

Objective To use ultrasound to explore the impact of malaria in pregnancy on fetal growth
and newborn outcomes among a cohort of women enrolled in an intermittent presumptive …

Background & objectives: Human and livestock African trypanosomiasis, otherwise known
as sleeping sickness, is a neglected tropical disease of public health importance in west and …