Healthcare provider and drug dispenser knowledge and adherence to guidelines for the case management of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapy in western Kenya

Table 6 Provider reported practices in pregnancy testing and diagnosis of malaria by facility type and participation in MFT and/or MiMBa study

	Overall		Health facilities		Drug outlets		Working in health facilities participating in MFT* and/or MiMBa
	N = 174	%	N = 134	%	N = 40	%	N = 97	%
Assess for pregnancy in a woman of childbearing age seeking treatment for malaria
Always	138	79	121	90	17	43	90	93
Sometimes	25	14	11	8	14	35	6	6
Never	11	6	2	2	9	22	1	1
Insist on laboratory malaria diagnosis	159	91	126	94	33	83	90	93
What type of test?
Blood smear/microscopy	79	50	74	59	5	15	50	52
RDT	80	50	52	41	28	85	40	41
Presumptive clinical malaria treatment in adults
Always	6	3	2	2	4	10	1	1
Sometimes	71	41	46	34	25	63	29	30
Never	97	56	86	64	11	27	67	69

ISSN: 1475-2875