scholarly journals Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Does Not Have Effect on Maternal Hemoglobin at Delivery and Birth Weight in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

2019 ◽  
Vol 07 (12) ◽  
pp. 168-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Labama Otuli Noël ◽  
Bosenge Nguma Jean-Didier ◽  
Maindo Alongo Mike-Antoine ◽  
Losimba Likwela Joris ◽  
Manga Okenge Jean-Pascal
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Intermittent Preventive Treatment ◽  
Preventive Treatment ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine ◽  
In Pregnancy

scholarly journals Prevalence of Low Birth Weight before and after Policy Change to IPTp-SP in Two Selected Hospitals in Southern Nigeria: Eleven-Year Retrospective Analyses

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nneka U. Igboeli ◽  
Maxwell O. Adibe ◽  
Chinwe V. Ukwe ◽  
Nze C. Aguwa
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Intermittent Preventive Treatment ◽  
Preventive Treatment ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Control ◽  
Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine ◽  
In Pregnancy

Background. In 2005, Nigeria changed its policy on prevention of malaria in pregnancy to intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). Indicators of impact of effective prevention and control of malaria on pregnancy (MIP) are low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anaemia by parity. This study determined the prevalence of LBW for different gravidity groups during periods of pre- and postpolicy change to IPTp-SP. Methods. Eleven-year data were abstracted from the delivery registers of two hospitals. Study outcomes calculated for both pre- (2000–2004) and post-IPTp-SP-policy (2005–2010) years were prevalence of LBW for different gravidity groups and risk of LBW in primigravidae compared to multigravidae. Results. Out of the 11,496 singleton deliveries recorded within the 11-year period, the prevalence of LBW was significantly higher in primigravidae than in multigravidae for both prepolicy (6.3% versus 4%) and postpolicy (8.6% versus 5.1%) years. The risk of LBW in primigravidae compared to multigravidae increased from 1.62 (1.17–2.23) in the prepolicy years to 1.74 (1.436–2.13) during the postpolicy years. Conclusion. The study demonstrated that both the prevalence and risk of LBW remained significantly higher in primigravidae even after the change in policy to IPTp-SP.

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