Deworming utilization among pregnant mothers with at least one antenatal care follow-up in Ethiopia, 2022:- A multilevel analysis.
Berihun BantieGebrie Kassaw YirgaYeshiambaw Eshetie AyenewAhmed Nuru MuhamedSheganew Fetene TassewYohannes Tesfahun KassieChalie Marew TirunehNatnael MogesBinyam Minuye BirhaneDenekew Tenaw AnleyRahel Mulatie AntenehAnteneh Mengist DessiePublished in: PloS one (2023)
In this study, less than one in ten pregnant mothers takes deworming medication. Mothers with less than four ANC visits, who did not receive IFA tablets, who came from a community with a high poverty level, and mothers with no good functional status were at the greatest risk of not receiving deworming medication during pregnancy. Sustained efforts need to be undertaken to increase the socioeconomic status of the community and to scale up the health care utilization behaviors of pregnant mothers.