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No, they didn’t tell that and I didn’t know. The blood medicine is for providing us with more blood but chloroquine I don’t know. |
IDI, Case Study #14, 1 child, 20, Mugil |
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They said that is to prevent the malaria parasite from affecting the baby. For any other sicknesses we need to take our treatment. Any severe sickness could cause damage to the foetus. The chloroquine supplied was meant for the protection of malaria. |
IDI, Case Study #2, 3 children, 28, Mugil |
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If you do not take your malarial tablets, your blood will be full of parasites and of course your baby would also be affected. The baby will be born an unhealthy baby. That is the whole reason the medicine is supplied. |
IDI, Pregnant woman, 4 children, 23, Yagum |
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For chloroquine, I would take it with water but because it tasted very bitter I would shove it into ripe banana and gulp it down. |
IDI, Pregnant woman, 22, first pregnancy, Modilon area |
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