Should pregnant women living in malarial areas use insecticide-treated nets? Evidence Update, Malaria Series, October 2006.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2006

• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from Gamble C, Ekwaru JP, ter Kuile FO. Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003755. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003755.pub2.

In women having their first or second baby in Africa, insecticide-treated nets reduce maternal malaria, increase mean birthweight and reduce fetal loss.

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, pp.2

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Should pregnant women living in malarial areas use insecticide-treated nets? Evidence Update, Malaria Series, October 2006.

Published 1 January 2006