Table 1.
Prevalence of primigravidae women, bed net use and uptake of IPTp at six locations in Madagascar
| Coast | Highlands | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mananjary | Manakara | Ifanadiana | TDD | Moramanga | Ambositra | |||||||||
| N | + (%) | N | + (%) | N | + (%) | N | + (%) | N | + (%) | N | + (%) | N | + (%) | |
| primigravidae | 188 | 64 (34.4) | 245 | 58 (23.7) | 178 | 48 (27.0) | 202 | 63 (31.2) | 196 | 66 (33.7) | 190 | 49 (25.8) | 1199 | 348 (29.0) |
| Bed net use | 190 | 172 (90.5) | 250 | 228 (91.2) | 197 | 186 (94.4) | 203 | 115 (56.7) | 194 | 130 (67.0) | 200 | 43 (21.5) | 1234 | 874 (70.8) |
| IPTp/SP | 190 | 88 (46.3) | 243 | 96 (39.5) | 196 | 126 (64.3) | 198 | 95 (48.0) | 191 | 89 (46.6) | 190 | 5 (2.6) | 1208 | 499 (41.3) |
TDD, Tsiroanomandidy.
IPTp/SP, Intermittent Presumptive Treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.
N, Number of participants who answered the questionnaire.
+, Number of primigravidae participants or participants who claimed to use bed net or IPTp/SP as prophylaxes.