Malaria in Pregnancy

Musa, Juna; Saadi, Samer; Guy, Ali; Madani, Kulsum; Abdullahu, Blina; Barakat, Benan; Kola, Ina; Zylalaj, Ilda; Elrefaei, Amro; Musa, Dorina

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“…Malaria during the course of pregnancy has serious negative effects on mothers. Pregnant women are among those reported to have the highest risk of developing the severe presentation of malaria in addition to infants, children below the age of 5 years and immunocompromised patients (Musa et al 2020). The prevalence of malaria infection observed amongst pregnant women (15%) in this study is relatively low when compared with the 41.6% prevalence reported by Fana et al (2015) in Northwestern Nigeria, 68.3% reported among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Makurdi by Amuta et al (2014), 19.6% reported by Boudova et al (2015 in Malawi, and the 18.7% reported by Cisse et al (2014) in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso).…”

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Epidemiology and risk factors of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Osun State, Nigeria

Surakat,

Onakhinor,

Adewuyi

et al. 2024

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Globally, malaria in pregnancy leads to severe complications such as abortion, stillbirth, premature delivery, low birth weight, and fetal underdevelopment. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Osun State, Nigeria. Between July and December 2020, 555 pregnant women from ten primary health centres in Osogbo, Ejigbo and Ilobu Local Government Areas participated in the study. Employing pre-tested questionnaires, qualitative data on the demographic and risk behaviours of participants were obtained. Malaria prevalence, determined by rapid diagnostic tests and blood smear microscopy was 15% caused by Plasmodium falciparum. The highest malaria prevalence was found among women who didn't use insecticides (23.1%), followed by those who did not use insecticide-treated nets (16.5%). The lowest prevalence was among women in their second and third trimesters who had taken Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) (6.3%). The highest prevalence occurred among women aged 17-24 years (17.4%), while the lowest was among women aged 25-34 years (12.9%). All participants were aware of malaria but their knowledge about transmission (67%), symptoms (64%) and prevention (44%) varied. The study highlights the vulnerability of pregnant women who do not use insecticide-treated nets and emphasizes the need for improved malaria preventive practices. Control efforts should focus on the distribution of insecticide-treated nets, health education during antenatal visits and increased usage of IPT as recommended by the World Health Organization.

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Epidemiology and risk factors of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Osun State, Nigeria

Surakat,

Onakhinor,

Adewuyi

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“…Inability to consider malaria in the diferential diagnosis of a febrile illness in a patient who has moved in from a malaria endemic can lead to signifcant morbidity as well as mortality, most particularly in pregnant women and children younger than fve years old [35]. According to public health perspective, the treatment of a disease is aimed at minimizing the transmission of the infection to others in the population through the reduction in their infection reservoir and to prevent future outbreak and spread of resistance to antimalaria drugs.…”

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Confirmed Malaria Cases in Children under Five Years: The Influence of Suspected Cases, Tested Cases, and Climatic Conditions

Tawiah,

Asampana Asosega,

Ansah

et al. 2023

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Tropical and potentially fatal malaria is brought on by the parasite Plasmodium spp which spreads through infected female anopheles mosquitoes within the human populations. In Ghana, malaria is endemic and perennial, with distinct seasonal fluctuations in the northern part. Children aged below five years are among the population most vulnerable to malaria in Ghana. This study’s goal is to establish how suspected malaria cases, tested malaria cases, and climatic conditions impact confirmed malaria cases in children under five years in the Sunyani Municipality, Bono Region, Ghana. The dependent variable, monthly number of confirmed cases of malaria in children under five years, was modelled with the independent variables, monthly number of tested cases of malaria in children under five years, mean monthly relative humidity, mean monthly rainfall, and mean monthly temperature, in the Sunyani Municipality. We employed multiple linear regression after data transformation, exploratory data analysis, and correlation analysis. Results show that tested malaria cases and climatic factors significantly influence confirmed malaria cases in children under 5 years. About 41.8% of variations in confirmed malaria cases among children under 5 years is attributed to climatic factors and the number of tested cases. Moreover, results show that increase in tested cases and rainfall leads to more confirmed malaria cases among children under 5 years, while increase in temperature reduces malaria infections. To reduce the incidence of malaria in children under five years, the government and its stakeholders should encourage parent to let their children sleep in treated mosquito nets, distil stagnant waters during raining seasons, spray bushes with antimosquito insecticides, and destroy all breeding grounds of mosquitoes at all times. We proposed that all malaria cases should be laboratory tested and properly confirmed.

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Malaria in Pregnancy

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Epidemiology and risk factors of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Osun State, Nigeria

Epidemiology and risk factors of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Osun State, Nigeria

Confirmed Malaria Cases in Children under Five Years: The Influence of Suspected Cases, Tested Cases, and Climatic Conditions

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