Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
423) During this pregnancy, did you take SP/Fansidar to prevent you from getting malaria?
YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 426)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 426)
Categories
Value
Category
0
No
1
Yes
7
Don't know
8
Missing
9
NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
ANMALSP (M49A) indicates whether the child's mother took the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP), also known as Fansidar, while the child was in utero. Other common trade names include Maloxine, Malafan, Metakelfin (sulphamethoxypyrazine/pyrimethamine), Novidar, and Amalar.