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Table 3 Reported benefits and barriers of facility- and community-based delivery of PMC

From: Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in Malawi: caregivers` acceptance and preferences with regard to delivery methods

Main findings

Facility-based delivery

Community-based delivery

Benefits

* More contact with health personnel

* Possibility of follow-up care at the hospital

* Safe drug storage at hospital pharmacy

* Easy home access to drugs

* Less financial concerns

* Less worries related to

care of children

* More time for work tasks

Barriers

* Travel expenses

* Extra work burden

* Long travel distance

* Challenging roads

* Perceived negative effect of longtime home drug storage on drug durability