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Published in: Reproductive Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts and other national survey reports

Authors: Godfrey M Mubyazi, Jens Byskov, Pascal Magnussen, Ib C Bygbjerg, Jasper N Ijumba, Mufungo Marero, Leonard EG Mboera, Fabrizio Molteni, Paul Bloch

Published in: Reproductive Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

A study of health facility (HF) data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) was carried out at antenatal care clinics in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts.

Methods

A review of health management information system (HMIS) registers, interviews with health-care workers (HWs) and district and national level malaria control program managers corroborated by inter-temporal assessment through observations at HF levels. Statistical data were analyzed in Excel and interpreted in triangulation with qualitative data from interviews and observations.

Results

Data indicated that IPTp doses administered to women were inadequate and partly inconsistent. HMIS registers lacked space for IPT records, forcing HWs to manipulate their record-keeping. The proportion/number of IPTp recipients in related to the supply of SP for free delivery, to women’s attendance behaviours, showed variation by quarter and year of reporting.

Conclusion

It is impossible to achieve rational health service planning when the HMIS is weak. Whilst it is acknowledged that the HMIS is already overloaded, concerted measures are urgently needed to accommodate data on new interventions and other vertical programs if malaria programs are to achieve their goals.
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Metadata
Title
Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts and other national survey reports
Authors
Godfrey M Mubyazi
Jens Byskov
Pascal Magnussen
Ib C Bygbjerg
Jasper N Ijumba
Mufungo Marero
Leonard EG Mboera
Fabrizio Molteni
Paul Bloch
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Reproductive Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-11-6

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