2014
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140047
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A decade of malaria during pregnancy in Brazil: what has been done concerning prevention and management

Abstract: In Brazil, malaria remains a disease of major epidemiological importance because of the high number of cases in the Amazonian Region. Plasmodium spp infections during pregnancy are a significant public health problem with substantial risks for the pregnant woman, the foetus and the newborn child. In Brazil, the control of malaria during pregnancy is primarily achieved by prompt and effective treatment of the acute episodes. Thus, to assure rapid diagnosis and treatment for pregnant women with malaria, one of t… Show more

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“…The 6,000-9,000 laboratory-confirmed MiP cases that are officially notified in Brazil each year, more than two-thirds of them caused by P. vivax, represent 4-6% of all malaria cases in the country. 16 More than 99% of these cases occur in the Amazon. 16 Intermittent preventive treatment during antenatal care visits is not recommended in this country, but pregnant women from malaria-endemic areas of Brazil must be screened for malaria parasites by conventional microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests at every antenatal care visit and receive supervised antimalarial treatment whenever infection is laboratory-confirmed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The 6,000-9,000 laboratory-confirmed MiP cases that are officially notified in Brazil each year, more than two-thirds of them caused by P. vivax, represent 4-6% of all malaria cases in the country. 16 More than 99% of these cases occur in the Amazon. 16 Intermittent preventive treatment during antenatal care visits is not recommended in this country, but pregnant women from malaria-endemic areas of Brazil must be screened for malaria parasites by conventional microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests at every antenatal care visit and receive supervised antimalarial treatment whenever infection is laboratory-confirmed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second, data on antenatal malaria episodes were retrieved retrospectively and no blood samples were available for further confirmatory diagnostic tests. Because routine antenatal malaria screening, although recommended, 16 has not been widely implemented across the Amazon Basin of Brazil, 17 nearly all malarial infections diagnosed and treated during pregnancy had been identified passively, when febrile women sought treatment in malaria outposts. This precludes any analysis of the impact of antenatal episodes of asymptomatic parasitemia on birth outcomes in this population.…”
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“…O Ministério da Saúde recomenda, desde 2006, que seja feita busca ativa de malária por exame de gota espessa, independente de sintomas, em todas as consultas pré-natais e no momento do parto, em gestantes da Região Amazônica -são recomendadas pelo menos seis consultas de pré-natal ao longo da gestação(BRASIL, 2014a;MARCHESINI et al, 2014). O Ministério da Saúde preconiza, ainda, que as gestantes recebam orientações sobre os efeitos negativos da malária associada à gestação, e sobre a importância de buscar assistência de saúde nos casos de sintomatologia que indiquem a possibilidade de malária.…”
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