Managing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy challenges: an ethnographic study of two Ghanaian administrative regions

Table 2 Data collection methods and categories of respondents

Region	Category of respondents	IDIs	Conversations	Case studies
Ashanti
	Facility managers	4	0	0
	ANC managers	4	4
	Health care providers	11	20	0
	Pregnant women	30	25	4
	Procurement officers	1	2	0
	Laboratory officials	0	6	0
	Pharmacy officials	0	4	0
	DHD Officials	0	2	0
		0	1	0
	Total	49	56	4
Volta Region
	Facility Managers	4	0	0
	ANC managers	6	4
	Health Care providers	12	20	0
	Pregnant women	40	32	8
	Laboratory officials	0	2	0
	Pharmacy Officials	0	4	0
	DHD Officials	0	2	0
	Total	74	64	8
	NHIS officials	0	2	0

Observations were conducted in 8 health facilities and 8 communities in the Ashanti and Volta regions for 12 months

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