Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana
Table 2
ANC attendance, ITN use, IPTp-SP uptake, and malaria infection during current pregnancy by mothers.
Characteristics
No.
%
Gestational age at first ANC
First trimester
75
29.5
Second trimester
150
59.1
Third trimester
29
11.4
Number of ANC visits
No ANC visit
2
0.8
1-4
50
19.7
5-7
109
42.9
≥ 8
93
36.6
Number of IPTp-SP doses received
One
29
11.4
Two
31
12.2
Three
99
39.0
Four
54
21.3
Five
37
14.6
Six
4
1.6
Gestational age at first dose of SP (weeks)
16
43
16.9
17-24
144
56.7
25-36
67
26.4
SP taken under DOT
All the time
247
97.2
Most of the time
7
2.8
Use of ITN the previous night
Used ITN
242
95.3
Did not use ITN
12
4.7
Malaria infection during current pregnancy
Had infection
20
7.9
Did not have infection
234
92.1
ANC= antenatal centre, ITN = insecticide treated net, SP = sulfadoxine pyrimethamine, and IPTp = intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy.
