Provider and user acceptability of intermittent screening and treatment for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Malawi.

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Published in Malar J on November 28, 2016

Authors

Deborah Almond1, Mwayi Madanitsa2,3, Victor Mwapasa2, Linda Kalilani-Phiri2, Jayne Webster1, Feiko Ter Kuile3, Lucy Paintain4

Author Affiliations

1: Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
2: College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
3: Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
4: Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Lucy.Paintain@lshtm.ac.uk.

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