Access and barriers to measures targeted to prevent malaria in pregnancy in rural Kenya*

Objectives  To evaluate barriers preventing pregnant women from using insecticide‐treated nets (ITN) and intermittent presumptive treatment (IPT) with sulphadoxine‐pyrimethamine (SP) 5 years after the launch of the national malaria strategy promoting these measures in Kenya.

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