Nkfusai Claude Ngwayu, Cumber Samuel Nambile, Bede Fala, Njokah Wepngong Emerson, Tambe Tabe Armstrong, Wirsiy Frankline Sevidzem, Achu Jacintha Rebang, Suh Bih Moki, Anyang Frankline Che, Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni Joyce
Malaria Consortium, the Green House, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA, United Kingdom.
Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Int J MCH AIDS. 2022;11(1):e312. doi: 10.21106/ijma.312. Epub 2022 Mar 6.
Malaria remains an important public health problem such that, assessing the challenges experienced among pregnant women (vulnerable) with the uptake of malaria prevention methods and treatment is pertinent. This hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study that was carried out at a Medicalized Health Center in Nkwen, Cameroon, sought to assess the barriers to malaria prevention faced by 51 pregnant women who attended antenatal clinic (ANC). Over 88% of participants were 15-30 years old. All participants knew at least one symptom of malaria, with 20% of them confirmed to have taken intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) and 53% reported using insecticide-treated bed net (ITN). Educating pregnant women and their spouses on the uptake of IPTp and the use of ITN is a key strategy to curb its high malaria morbidity and mortality rates.
疟疾仍然是一个重要的公共卫生问题，因此，评估孕妇（弱势群体）在采用疟疾预防方法和治疗方面所面临的挑战至关重要。这项基于医院的横断面描述性研究在喀麦隆恩昆的一个医疗化健康中心开展，旨在评估51名参加产前检查（ANC）的孕妇在预防疟疾方面面临的障碍。超过88%的参与者年龄在15至30岁之间。所有参与者都至少知道一种疟疾症状，其中20%的人确认在孕期接受了间歇性预防治疗（IPTp），53%的人报告使用了经杀虫剂处理的蚊帐（ITN）。对孕妇及其配偶进行关于采用IPTp和使用ITN的教育是遏制其高疟疾发病率和死亡率的关键策略。
