Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women
Clara Pons-Duran,
Myrte J Wassenaar,
Koffi Emmanuel Yovo
et al.
Abstract:Background
Malaria and HIV infection overlap geographically in sub‐Saharan Africa and share risk factors. HIV infection increases malaria's severity, especially in pregnant women. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine‐pyrimethamine (SP) for pregnant women living in areas of stable malaria transmission. However, HIV‐positive women on daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (recommended for prevention of opportunistic infection… Show more
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