Project Title

Determinants and prevalence of parasite resistance among pregnant women receiving Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTpSP) in a malaria endemic community (IPT-SP in Nigeria)

EDCTP Project Call

Career Development Fellowship (CDF)

Project Objectives

To describe the burden of SP resistance and determinants of its occurrence among pregnant women receiving IPTp in Nigeria. To identify linkages between SP drug resistance markers and efficacy of IPTp-SP; to assess maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

Study Design

Prospective observational study

Host Organisation

Sites

Current Organisation

Babcock University

Current Job Title

Lecturer / Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist

Biography