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Contributor [1]
Thursday, November 7, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
87 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Malaria prevention using insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) can increase child survival, reduce illness among pregnant women and improve birth outcomes. But what is the best way to deliver ITNs to those at risk? Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, UNICEF and the Kenyan Ministry of Health assessed the success of a scheme to distribute free ITNs to pregnant women.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/11186 [5]
Country: 
Kenya [6]

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