Publications by authors named "Joseph Mukala"
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- * A study at Webuye Hospital analyzed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of 140 pregnant women about IPT, revealing malaria-positive women had significantly better knowledge of side effects and dosing compared to malaria-negative women.
- * Findings suggest that enhancing knowledge and practices regarding IPT can empower pregnant women in malaria-endemic regions, ultimately improving their health outcomes.
In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria, which remains a major public health burden, has a prevalence of 9 to 28% and malaria in pregnancy is associated with severe adverse outcomes for the mother and her baby. Here, we sought to determine the predictors of birth weight in a cohort of 140 women with malaria in pregnancy, who were recruited at the Webuye County hospital in Western Kenya. All study participants underwent malaria diagnosis through microscopic examination of blood smear samples and were grouped into the malaria-positive and malaria-negative groups.
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