Barriers To Utilization Of Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine In Pregnancy At Private Facilities In Tema Metropolis.

ABSTRACT Background: The National Malaria Control Program of Ghana recommends the use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) 10 prevent malaria and associated complications. There is overwhelming evidence, however thai uptake of this inlervention in th ecountry is Jow. This low uptake is more prominent in private health facilities. Objective: This study examined factors associated with low uptake of three or more doses of SP among pregnant women who received antenatal care (ANC) services at selected private hospitals in the Tema metro…