Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis in rural south-central Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) remains low in many countries. Evidence on the most effective ways to increase both IFASIPTp is mixed overall, with only few studies directly identifying cost-effective ways to increase coverage of both interventions. The proposed study aims to assess the cost, impact and relative cost-effectiveness of two complementary strategies of increasing IFAS and malaria chemoprophylaxis coverage among pregnant women relative to the current default system in a rural low-income setting of sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods/design

This study will be carried out in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in south-central Côte d'Ivoi

SUBMITTER: Kone S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590727 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature