Knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria prevention and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine utilisation among pregnant women in Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria.

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10797047
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Authors: Josephine N Chukw...; Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu; A.K. Adeneye; Oluwagbemiga Aina; Philip Agomo; Olubunmi Adetoro ...
• Keywords: Sulfadoxine; Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine; Malaria prevention

Malaria in pregnancy is one of the major causes mater nal morbidity and mortality as well poor outcomes. We studied knowledge, attitude practices pregnant women on malaria prevention, assessed their knowledge sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for intermittent preventive therapy (IPTp-SP), used outcomes to create awareness prevention with IPTp-SP.