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

IPTp3+ coverage was low across many of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Women who had early ANC were more likely to receive IPTp3+. Women whose pregnancies were unplanned were less likely to receive IPTp3+, but our effect modification analysis showed that early ANC among such women can increase IPTp3+ coverage.