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Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets improve malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Southern Tanzania

Marchant,Tanya|Schellenberg,Joanna Armstrong|Edgar,Tabitha|Nathan, Rose|Abdulla,Salim|Mukasa, Oscar|Mponda,Hadji|Lengeler;Christian | Unknown date

Abstract

The interest of this study the uptake of socially marketed insecticide treated nets and their impacts on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy and to report on a discount voucher system which aimed to increase covorage in pregnancy.It also suggest that the development of insecticide-treated nets programme for malaria control should include pregnant women as a specific target group.