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I have to take that early on because I don’t want my baby to get sick you see. And I’ve heard a lot of problems of babies born out of malaria mothers becoming very very sick and I said ‘oh, I don’t want my baby to get malaria so I must get chloroquine every Sunday’. So I take two tablets every Sunday. The earlier the better. |
IDI, Community Leader (female), 7 children, 55, Mugil |
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Like I said, it’s to prevent sickness. The most important thing is that I must bathe and stay clean for fear that if I am dirty any sickness will just easily come and attack me. So, I must stay clean or take whatever medicine is given to me so as to avoid getting sick. |
IDI, Pregnant woman, 4 children, 32, Mugil |
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Before taking this medicine I was just fine and able to do all kinds of things. However after taking it my legs and hands started to go numb, I felt skin cold, dizzy and want to sleep. I sometimes experience an upset tummy and feel like vomiting. I walk for a short distance and feel dizzy and want to fall down. This all happens when I take the medicine. So now I don’t want to take it. |
IDI, Case Study #3, 2 children, 22, Modilon |
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I took two tablets and then vomited one because of its bitter taste. I find it hard to swallow the medicine. I only take one and throw out the other tablet. |
IDI, Case Study # 2, 3 children, 28, Yagum |
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They say it is bitter, they say itchiness. Also sometimes they just forget. They do work work work and they forget to take their routine tablets. Work work work. That’s one of the main reasons. |
IDI, Sister in Charge, Mugil Health Center |
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They give me this chloroquine and I drink it only when I get sick. |
IDI, Mother of case study #5 and case study #2, Mugil area) |
IPTp Adherence |
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You know, I question the nurses like I am not sick why should I be taking chloroquine? |
IDI, case study #2, 2 children, 28, Mugil area |
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When I got sick while I was pregnant, I was afraid about the baby therefore I took medicine on that same day. But if I was not sick, I wouldn’t be bothered to take the medicine. |
IDI, Pregnant woman, 5 children, 35, Mugil area |
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I: So when you were pregnant, did you take chloroquine?
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IDI, Nurse midwife, |
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R: Yes I did, but sometimes I forgot like when I was going to work I forgot to take it in the morning. For some maybe they don’t want to take it the chloroquine since it’s so bitter. People say that the coated one is ok but the other one is too bitter. |
Modilon hospital |
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