KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL UNIT OF FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE.
Abstract
In tropical regions, malaria during pregnancy (MiP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It can result in low birth weight (LBW), premature delivery, maternal anemia, and intrauterine growth retardation. Of the 45 endemic nations in Africa, Nigeria alone accounts for 25% of all occurrences of malaria, with almost 150 million people living in high malaria transmission zones (Adeniran et al., 2016).
The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes a number of strategies to lower the rates of illness and mortality among pregnant women. These strategies include the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs), intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), and early detection and treatment of infections. The costs of treating malaria during pregnancy are rising in spite of these preventive strategies.
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