Table 2 Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) among respondents
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Took antimalaria in pregnancy in the year preceding the survey | ||
Yes | 330 | 97.1 |
No | 10 | 2.9 |
Type of antimalaria used (n = 330) | ||
Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine (SP) | 245 | 74.2 |
ACT/ Coartem | 24 | 7.3 |
Chloroquine | 8 | 2.4 |
Quinine | 2 | 0.6 |
I don’t know | 34 | 10.3 |
I can’t remember | 17 | 5.2 |
Number of times SP was taken (n = 245) | ||
Once | 21 | 8.6 |
Twice | 94 | 38.4 |
Three times | 113 | 46.1 |
More than three times | 17 | 6.9 |
SP was taken at health facility (during ANC, n = 245) | ||
Yes | 240 | 98.0 |
No | 5 | 2.0 |
Type of health facility SP was received (n = 240) | ||
Tertiary government owned | 40 | 16.7 |
Private mission owned | 112 | 46.7 |
Primary health centre | 50 | 20.8 |
Private for-profit hospitals | 38 | 15.8 |