Impact of IPT With Sulfadoxin Pyrimetamin on Pregnant Women and Their Babies Outcomes in Peri-urban Areas of Bobo-Dioulasso(Burkina Faso)

Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso

Status

Completed

Conditions

Malaria, Pregnancy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01255605

PIC/INSSA/UPB-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this is to determine the impact of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) on the morbidities associated with malaria in pregnant women and newborns in rural peri-urban areas of Bobo-Dioulasso, 5 years after its implemented.

Full description

Malaria in pregnant women is a crucial issue in Burkina Faso. Faced with this problem, a strategy based on the use of treated nets and intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) based on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was adopted in 2005. Five years after its implementation, the investigators will check whether this strategy is still effective in the preventing maternal and congenital malaria on the one hand and maternal anemia, low birth weight and prematurity on the other hand.

Enrollment

772 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria