Assessing demand-side barriers to uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: a qualitative study in two regions of Uganda

Table 1 Antenatal care and IPTp uptake data (%) in study districts, 2011–2012

	ANC1^a		ANC4^b		IPT1^c		IPT2^d
	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
Uganda	90	84	29	28	58	79	44	50
Eastern	73	67	18	18	79	83	51	52
Urban study district	57	66	15	29	97	96	70	76
Rural study district	43	61	6	9	78	93	66	55
West Nile	46	57	18	22	83	86	59	62
Urban study district	61	101	19	36	76	81	50	54
Rural study district	20	22	13	11	92	92	71	69

^aANC1: First antenatal care visit; denominator: expected pregnancies (5% of total population in the area)
^bANC4: fourth antenatal care visit; denominator: expected pregnancies (5% of total population in the area)
^cIPT1: first dose of IPTp; denominator: ANC1
^dIPT2: second dose of IPTp; denominator: ANC1

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