Low coverage of intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets for control of malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa--what needs to be done?

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Godfrey Biemba et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;108(2):65-6.

doi: 10.1179/2047772414Z.000000000189.

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Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets for the control of malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and meta-analysis of national survey data, 2009-11.
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