Objective Malaria during pregnancy is a major public health problem in endemic countries. The administration of an effective antimalarial drug during pregnancy has a beneficial effect on the mother and child's health. However, few African countries have implemented programs that have achieved good coverage and little attention has been given to this problem. We propose to evaluate 2 different approaches for the delivery of antimalarial intermittent treatment to pregnant women: one based on a campaign promoting the use of SP distributed through existing health services and the other on a village-based SP distribution system employing peer educators from an Adolescent Girls' Literacy Programme. Advantages and disadvantages of the 2 approaches will be compared and their applications in different settings evaluated. Results generated by this study will be applicable to a large range of situations in Africa. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesmalariasocial scienceseducational sciencesdidacticsmedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineobstetrics Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.2.1.-1.4. - Research for development Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE PRINCE LEOPOLD EU contribution No data Address 155,Nationalestraat 155 2000 ANVERS /ANTWERPEN Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTE PUBLIQUE Burkina Faso EU contribution No data Address OUAGADOUDOU See on map Total cost No data LILONGWE CENTRAL HOSPITAL Malawi EU contribution No data Address LILONGWE See on map Total cost No data LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Pembroke Place L3 5QA LIVERPOOL See on map Total cost No data
