Assessing and addressing barriers to the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Uganda: Pilot intervention

This project aims to increase the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda. Based on formative research, a pilot intervention has been developed to address one of the key barriers to IPTp uptake: health workers’ inadequate knowledge of provision guidelines.

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Country: Uganda

Keywords: Capacity development | Community delivery | SBC | Research | Health system strengthening | Evidence generation | Malaria | Malaria in pregnancy | Chemoprevention | SDGs

Diseases: Malaria