Factors influencing adherence to the new intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy policy in Keta District of the Volta region, Ghana.

Alren O VandyNana Yaw PeprahJoseph Yaw JerelaPerfect TitiatiAbubakar ManuJoseph AkamahErnest T MayaKwasi Torpey

Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2019)

Adherence to IPTp-SP was satisfactory according to WHO's policy recommendation, however, majority of the participants had less than the five doses recommended in Ghana. Number of Antenatal Care (ANC) visits and knowledge of malaria were the main determinants of adherence to IPTp-SP.

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