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Call Career Development Fellowship (CDF)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2017-07-01
End Date 2020-06-30
Project Code TMA2016CDF973
Status Completed

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)

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.

Host Organisation

Institution Country
Babcock University Nigeria

Study Design

Prospective observational study

Sites

Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

Current Organisation

Babcock University

Current Job Title

Lecturer / Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date
Secretary Medical and Ethics committee, Babcock University Teaching Hospital

Education

Institution Degree Year
National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Nigeria FMCOG
West African College of Surgeons, Nigeria FWACS
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria MPH
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria MBBCh

Areas Of Specialisation

Malaria

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