Factors influencing the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

Factors influencing the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

Abstract Background Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) of malaria in pregnancy is a full therapeutic course of antimalarial sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) medicine given to pregnant women in their second trimester at routine antenatal care visits, regardless of whether the recipient is infected...

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Main Authors: Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Bernard Afriyie Owusu, Joshua Okyere, Tarif Salihu, Vincent Bio Bediako, Eugene Budu, Wonder Agbemavi, Jane Odurowaah Edjah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Malaria in pregnancy
Malaria Indicator survey
IPTp-SP
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00707-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00707-z

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