Testing the feasibility of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in Burkina Faso

Objectives

The objectives of this project are:

1. To determine the effect of delivery of IPTp-SP by CHWs on IPTp-SP coverage (including IPTp1, IPTp2, IPTp3 and IPTp4) in rural Burkina Faso.
2. To document the effect of delivery of IPTp-SP by CHWs on ANC attendance (including ANC1, ANC2, ANC3 and ANC4) in a rural area of Burkina Faso.
3. To identify social and cultural factors in addition to intervention that influence levels of IPTp-SP uptake and ANC attendance.