Barriers towards the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria among Pregnant Women at the Nkwen Health Center Bamenda, Cameroon
| Autor: | Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Samuel Cumber, Fala Bede, Emerson NjokahWepngong, Tabe Tambe, Frankline Wirsiy, Jacintha Achu, Bih Suh, Frankline Anyang, Joyce MahlakoTsoka-Gwegweni |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2161-8674 2161-864X |
| DOI: | 10.21106/ijma.312 |
| Popis: | Malaria remains an important public health problem such that, assessing the challenges experienced among pregnant women (vulnerable) with the uptake of malaria prevention methods and treatment is pertinent. This hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study that was carried out at a Medicalized Health Center in Nkwen, Cameroon, sought to assess the barriers to malaria prevention faced by 51 pregnant women who attended antenatal clinic (ANC). Over 88% of participants were 15-30 years old. All participants knew at least one symptom of malaria, with 20% of them confirmed to have taken intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) and 53% reported using insecticide-treated bed net (ITN). Educating pregnant women and their spouses on the uptake of IPTp and the use of ITN is a key strategy to curb its high malaria morbidity and mortality rates. Copyright © 2022 Nkfusai et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0. |
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