Authors : A.M. Njan Nloga , A. Mebanga Sassa and J. Messi
Abstract: Very few studies have been affected on the relation ships between malaria and pregnancy in developing country in general and in Cameroon in particular. This study was conducted in the provincial and protestant hospital of Ngaoundere-Cameroon by consultation or examination of patients and sampling of blood to evidence the presence of Plasmodium, the parasitemia in patients, the parasitic density and the hematocrite content. The analysis of data from the examination of 170 pregnant women parasited by Plasmodium falciparum indicated very few patients use mosquito nets to prevent malaria. Most of the patients who are generally married (86.5%). The pregnant women make the first examination after the second term of the pregnancy (12-24 months). About 61.9% of pregnant women do not use a single method for protection against malaria. Among women using preventive methods chemoprevention is the most used method in the town. Amodiaquine is the mostly used drug by these patients. Despite the lack of protection the parasitic density of infected women is low with 73.5% of individuals presenting a parasitemia ranging between 0-100% parasites/�L of blood. These suggest that a hematocrite rate lower than the normal. These results show that it is important to vulgarize the different methods of prevention against malaria in endemic zones.
A.M. Njan Nloga , A. Mebanga Sassa and J. Messi , 2008. Protection Potentials of Impregnated Mosquito Net Against Malaria in Pregnant Women in Ngaoundere-Cameroon. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 3: 26-29.