Bishi, Reuben (2013) Fetomaternal Outcomes of Pregnant Women Admitted With Malaria at Parirenyatwa Hospital and in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. Masters thesis, Univerisity of Zimbabwe.
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Abstract
There are 300million to 500million people who are infected with malaria worldwide every year and the disease kills about 3million yearly. 90% of the cases occur in Sub-Saharan Africa where HIV is also prevalent. Malaria is one of the major contributing factors to fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality causing severe anemia, cerebral malaria, renal failure, miscarriage, stillbirth and low birth weight. Zimbabwe has made significant achievements in reducing the incidence of malaria in the general population according to the data from the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Department of Malaria Control but the disease burden remains high[Figure 1]. Malaria is the fifth leading cause of maternal mortality in Zimbabwe [6]. However, there is limited data on the impact of the disease on high risk groups like pregnant women in Zimbabwe. This was done as a cross sectional descriptive survey to evaluate the effect of malaria on pregnant women and their fetuses.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RB Pathology |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2016 06:32 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2018 13:39 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/351 |
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