Bottlenecks for High Coverage of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy: The Case of Adolescent Pregnancies in Rural Burkina Faso

Koen Peeters Grietens, Sabine Gies, Sheick Oumar Coulibaly, Clotilde Ky, Judith Somda, Elizabeth Toomer, Joan Muela Ribera and Umberto D'Alessandro

PLOS ONE, 2010, vol. 5, issue 8, 1-9

Abstract: Background: While IPTp-SP is currently being scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the coverage with the required ≥2 doses of SP remains considerably short of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) goal of 80%, not to mention of the recently advocated universal coverage. Methods: The study triangulates quantitative data from a health center randomized community-based trial on IPTp-SP effectiveness and the additional benefit of a promotional campaign with qualitative data from focused ethnography. Findings: In rural Burkina Faso, despite the significantly higher risk of malaria infection among adolescent primigravidae (PG) (OR 2.44 95%CI 1.81–3.28, p

Date: 2010
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