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Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003755.pub2Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 19 April 2006see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:
  1. Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Classified:
  1. No update planned

    Other

    Good evidence of benefit. All eligible published studies found in the last search (13 Feb, 2009) were included.

    Assessed: 8 May 2019

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2019 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Carrol L Gamble

    Correspondence to: Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    [email protected]

  • John Paul Ekwaru

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

  • Feiko O ter Kuile

    Child & Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Contributions of authors

Carrol Gamble assessed potentially relevant trials for inclusion into the review, assessed the risk of bias in included studies, independently extracted data, entered data into Review Manager, carried out the data analysis, and co‐wrote the review. John Paul Ekwaru developed the protocol, scanned the results of literature search for potential relevant trials, assessed potentially relevant trials for inclusion into the review, independently extracted data, and co‐wrote the review. Feiko ter Kuile reviewed the protocol and co‐wrote the manuscript.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Makerere University, Uganda.

  • University of Liverpool, UK.

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.

External sources

  • Department for International Development (DfID), UK.

Declarations of interest

Feiko ter Kuile was an author of two of the included trials. Carrol Gamble and Paul Ekwaru: none known.

Acknowledgements

Paul Ekwaru developed the protocol for this review during the November 2001 Fellowship Programme and worked on the review during the July 2003 Fellowship Programme. The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group organizes the Fellowship Programme, which is supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Feiko ter Kuile is grateful for support from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Aika Omari provided support with clinical definitions. Paul Garner helped organize the review, contributed to the protocol development, helped write the first version of the review, and edited the final review.

This document is an output from a project funded by the DFID for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID.

Version history

Published

Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2006 Apr 19

Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy

Review

Carrol L Gamble, John Paul Ekwaru, Feiko O ter Kuile

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003755.pub2

2002 Jul 22

Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy

Protocol

John Paul Ekwaru, Carrol L Gamble

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003755

Differences between protocol and review

Feiko ter Kuile joined the review team, the order of the outcome measures were restructured, and quasi‐randomized controlled trials were excluded to reflect changes in Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group guidelines.