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 uptake of IPTp-SP by pregnant women and is, therefore, a public health challenge in Nigeria. This study aimed to measure and identify factors explaining socioeconomic inequality in the uptake of IPTp-SP in Nigeria.

Methods

The study re-analysed dataset of 12,294 women aged 15-49 years from 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (DHS). The normalized concentration index (C_n) and concentration curve were used to quantify and graphically present socioeconomic inequalities in the upta

SUBMITTER: Okoli CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254225 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature