Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Nigeria: evidence from Demographic Health Survey

Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Nigeria: evidence from Demographic Health Survey

Abstract Background Although malaria in pregnancy is preventable with the use of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP), it still causes maternal morbidity and mortality, in sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria in particular. Socioeconomic inequality leads to limited up...

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Main Authors: Chijioke Ifeanyi Okoli, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Socioeconomic
Inequalities
Concentration index
Decomposition analysis
Malaria
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03834-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03834-8

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