Prioritizing pregnant women for long-lasting insecticide treated nets through antenatal care clinics

Jenny Hill; Jenna Hoyt; Anna Maria van Eijk; Feiko O ter Kuile; Jayne Webster; Richard W Steketee

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001717

Prioritizing pregnant women for long-lasting insecticide treated nets through antenatal care clinics

PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 9;11(9):e1001717. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001717. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Authors

Jenny Hill¹, Jenna Hoyt¹, Anna Maria van Eijk¹, Feiko O ter Kuile¹, Jayne Webster², Richard W Steketee³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
³ Malaria Control and Elimination Program, PATH, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Abstract

Jenny Hill and colleagues discuss the importance of antenatal care services in providing pregnant women with a long-lasting insecticide treated net for the prevention of malaria in both the mother and infant.

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Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities / trends*
Female
Health Priorities / trends*
Humans
Insecticide-Treated Bednets / trends*
Malaria / epidemiology
Malaria / prevention & control*
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care / methods
Prenatal Care / trends*
Time Factors

Grants and funding

This article was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of USAID/JHU Cooperative Agreement No. GHS-A-00-09-00014-00 for the NetWorks Project. The contents are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.