The provider's checklist to improve pregnant women coverage by intermittent preventive malaria treatment in Mali: a pilot implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is a comprehensive treatment protocol of anti-malarial drugs administered to pregnant women to prevent malaria, started at the fourth pregnancy month, with at least three doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), taken as directly observed treatment (DOT) every 30 days at intervals until childbirth, in combination with other preventive measures. This paper introduces feasibility and adoption concepts as implementation research outcomes (IRO), allowing after a defined intervention, to assess the coverage improvement by IPTp for women attending a reference district hospital in Mali. Specifically, the purpose is to evaluate the feasibility of a reminder tool (provider checklist) to enhance pregnant women's adop

SUBMITTER: Doumbia I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature