The impact of malaria dur...

The impact of malaria during pregnancy has significant consequences on children's life expectancy due to the increased risk of low birth weight, which in turn is a contributing factor to neonatal mortality. In 2021, approximately 13.3 million pregnant women in Africa were exposed to malaria. To address this issue, the WHO has introduced new guidelines recommending the use of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for Plasmodium falciparum infections, regardless of the number of pregnancies a woman has had.