Malaria in Pregnant Women

malaria in pregnant women

Preventing malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women.

Efforts to curb or eliminate malaria incidence in areas with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) face many challenges, chief among which are inconsistent access to proven interventions and limited resources of prevention and control programs. These challenges are compounded by the fact that HIV and malaria interact synergistically, with HIV increasing the risk and severity o...

The Treatment of Malaria in Pregnant Women

Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria for all women who live in moderate to high malaria transmission areas in Africa. However, parasite resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine has been increasing steadily in some areas of the region. Moreover, HIV-infected women on cotrimoxazole proph...

Malaria among pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Pregnant women were enrolled from two hospitals and a Traditional Birth Home (TBH) in Abeokuta, Nigeria and monitored monthly for malaria parasites from the first antenatal visit until delivery. A total of 466 pregnant women were recruited for the study. The prevalence of malaria was 57.4%, and was higher among women in the TBH. The prevalence of malaria in the first, second and third trimester...