Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile illnesses in Uganda: a survey in out-patient clinics
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Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile illnesses in Uganda : a survey in out-patient clinics. / Mbonye, Anthony K; Birungi, Josephine; Yanow, Stephanie; Magnussen, Pascal.
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T1 - Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile illnesses in Uganda
T2 - a survey in out-patient clinics
AU - Mbonye, Anthony K
AU - Birungi, Josephine
AU - Yanow, Stephanie
AU - Magnussen, Pascal
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Malaria is a public health problem in Uganda; affecting mainly women and children. Effective treatment has been hampered by over-diagnosis and over-treatment with anti-malarial drugs among patients presenting with fever. In order to understand the effect of drug pressure on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in pregnancy, a sample of pregnant women presenting with fever in out-patient clinics was studied. The main objective was to assess prescription patterns and drug use in pregnancy especially SP; and draw implications on the efficacy of SP for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp).
AB - Malaria is a public health problem in Uganda; affecting mainly women and children. Effective treatment has been hampered by over-diagnosis and over-treatment with anti-malarial drugs among patients presenting with fever. In order to understand the effect of drug pressure on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in pregnancy, a sample of pregnant women presenting with fever in out-patient clinics was studied. The main objective was to assess prescription patterns and drug use in pregnancy especially SP; and draw implications on the efficacy of SP for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp).
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-237
DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-237
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23702003
VL - 13
SP - 237
JO - B M C Infectious Diseases
JF - B M C Infectious Diseases
SN - 1471-2334
ER -
ID: 46055746