Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine prophylaxis for malaria in pregnancy in Honiara, Solomon Islands: a randomised trial
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1 National Vector Borne Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands 2 Queensland Institute of Medical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 Reproductive and Child Health Division, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands 4 Division of Health Promotion, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands 6 Previously: Malaria, Other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases, WHO, Solomon Islands (retired) 7 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK † Deceased. * [email protected]
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