Rational case management of malaria with a rapid diagnostic test, Paracheck Pf®, in antenatal health care in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Background: Both treatment and prevention strategies are recommended by the World Health Organization for the control of malaria during pregnancy in tropical areas. The aim of this study was to assess use of a rapid diagnostic test for prompt management of malaria in pregnancy in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Methods: A cohort of 76 pregnant women was screened systematically for malaria with ParacheckPf® at each antenatal visit.

Pattern of the Antimalarials Prescription during Pregnancy in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Introduction. The aim of this study was to identify the antimalarials prescribed during the pregnancy and to document their timing. Method.

Relatively low prevalence of peripheral and placental Plasmodium infection at delivery in bangui, central african republic.

Introduction. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of malaria among women giving birth in Bangui. Association between sociodemographic characteristics of those women and malaria, as well as prevention compliance (use of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTsp) and insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs)), was analyzed.