Malaria prevention drug improves birth outcomes in Zambia

A study recently carried in Zambia found that a drug recommended for the prevention of malaria in pregnant women also reduces the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections and reproductive tract infections including gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis. The study, carried out in Luapula province by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine also […]