Situation analySiS

SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTFewer than one in every three women receive two or more dosesof intermittent preventive treatment (IPT2).At the national and sub-national level, there has been an improvement in IPT2uptake for malaria. Nationally the level has gone up from 16% in 2006 to 27% in2011.There are disparities among pregnant women on the basis of residence (ruralwomen are less likely to get IPT2 than urban); the regions (women in East Centralare less than half as likely to get IPT2 as those in other regions).A woman’s likelihood of having received IPT2 increases as her level of educationincreases, with those having at least some secondary education being 1.5 timesmore likely to have received IPT2 (29%) than those with no education (20%).womeN aged 15–49 with a live birth iN the two years precediNg the surveywho, duriNg the pregNaNcy precediNg the last birth, took 2+ doses of sp/faNsidarSource: UBOS and ICF International, 2012135