Malaria knowledge and experiences with community health workers among recently pregnant women in Malawi

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Characteristics of the study districts

District	Public health centres providing ANC	ANC staff	Number of CHWs	Total population	Pregnant population	IPTp2+ (%)^a	IPTp3+ (%)^a	ANC1+ (%)^a	ANC4+ (%)^a
Nkhata Bay	22	29	87	206,670	9905	65.4	31.3	98.1	57.6
Ntcheu	40	55	81	270,903	13,544	60.5	26.6	94.2	45.9

ANC antenatal care, IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
^aNational Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF. 2017. Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2015–2016
Zomba, Malawi, and Rockville, Maryland, USA. NSO and ICF

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