Factors associated with the uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp-SP) for malaria in pregnancy: Further analysis of the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy-associated malaria is preventable and curable with intermittent preventive treatment with Sulfodoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). However, despite the effectiveness of IPTp-SP against malaria in pregnancy, the uptake among pregnant women in Nigeria remains very low. Thus, this study aimed to establish the factors associated with the uptake of at least one dose and optimal doses of IPTp-SP among pregnant women aged 15 to 49 years living in Nigeria in 2018. The study included 12,742 women aged 15 to 49 years with live births two years before or during the 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) in the analysis. Descriptive analysis was carried out to determine the prevalence of IPTp-SP uptake. Multivariable logistic regression was used to establish the factors associated with re

SUBMITTER: Kalu GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021516 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature