The Association Between Early Antenatal Care and Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effect Modification by Planned Pregnancy Status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence of the association between early antenatal care (ANC) and receiving at least three doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp3+) during pregnancy is limited. It's also unclear whether the association between early ANC and IPTp3+ is modified by planned pregnancy status.

Objectives

Our primary aim was to assess the relationship between early ANC and IPTp3+ and to assess whether this relationship is modified by a woman's planned pregnancy status. We also estimated IPTp3+ coverage across Sub-Saharan African countries.

Methods

Data on 77 183 mothers with a live birth in the past two years were analyzed using multiple indicator cluster surveys (MICSs) from 17 Sub-Saharan African countries conducted between 2013 and 2019. We used modified Poisson regressio

SUBMITTER: Apanga PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757383 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature