Table 2.
Antenatal care visits and utilization of IPTp for malaria in pregnancy
| Variables | Public (n = 24) |
Private (n = 12) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership of health facility | |||
| Number of cases audited | 246 (76.4) | 76 (23.6) | 322 (100%) |
| Frequency of ANC visits | |||
| 1 | 82 | 21 | 103 (32.0%) |
| 2 | 69 | 21 | 90 (28.0%) |
| 3 | 39 | 13 | 52 (16.1%) |
| ≥4 | 56 | 21 | 77 (23.9%) |
| Number of IPTp doses | |||
| 0 | 38 | 12 | 50 (15.5%) |
| 1 | 130 | 43 | 173 (53.7%) |
| 2 | 69 | 19 | 88 (27.3%) |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 (3.1%) |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.3%) |
Abbreviations: n, number; ANC, antenatal clinic; IPTp, intermittent preventive treatment.