Addressing Malaria in Pregnancy in Malawi: Community-Based Delivery of IPTp
Addressing Malaria in Pregnancy in Malawi: Community-Based Delivery of IPTp
In November 2018, the USAID Organized Network of Services for Everyone’s (ONSE) Health Activity, with funding from PMI through USAID and in close collaboration with the Malawi Ministry of Health, the Malaria Alert Center at the College of Medicine, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), initiated a cIPTp study in Ntcheu and Nkhatabay districts. The study, Community-Based Delivery of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnant Women (IPTp), demonstrates that engaging Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) in the delivery of IPTp at the community level is feasible. Findings present opportunities to strengthen linkages between community and facility-based services to address persistent challenges and improve uptake of malaria prevention treatment among pregnant women while ensuring antenatal care visits are improved or maintained.