Keywords
Prevention
Health education
Health professionals
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Abstract
Objective: To report on the experience of developing an intervention proposal aimed at strengthening malaria prevention and management strategies in pregnant women at a referral maternity hospital in Lunda-Sul, Angola. Experience report: The experience was developed within the context of specialization, based on the experience of an Angolan professional working in maternal care and the identification of the need to improve malaria prevention actions during prenatal care. The proposal was built on situational strategic planning, including situational diagnosis, definition of objectives, action plan, and monitoring and evaluation strategies. This process made it possible to organize actions aimed at standardizing professional conduct and strengthening educational practices among users of health services. Among the planned actions, the training of the multidisciplinary team, the development of educational and technical materials, and the proposal of care and surveillance protocols stood out. Final considerations: The experience highlighted the relevance of developing organized and contextualized strategies to address gestational malaria. One of the strengths is the development of a technical proposal applicable to the service; the limitation is the lack of practical implementation and evaluation of its effects.
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