Journal article
Malaria in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region
MJ Rijken, R McGready, ME Boel, R Poespoprodjo, N Singh, D Syafruddin, S Rogerson, F Nosten
Lancet Infectious Diseases | Published : 2012
Abstract
Most pregnant women at risk of for infection with Plasmodium vivax live in the Asia-Pacific region. However, malaria in pregnancy is not recognised as a priority by many governments, policy makers, and donors in this region. Robust data for the true burden of malaria throughout pregnancy are scarce. Nevertheless, when women have little immunity, each infection is potentially fatal to the mother, fetus, or both. WHO recommendations for the control of malaria in pregnancy are largely based on the situation in Africa, but strategies in the Asia-Pacific region are complicated by heterogeneous transmission settings, coexistence of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax par..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Bridget Appleyard, Praveen K Bharti, Bernard Brabin, Verena Carrara, Arjen Dondorp, Abul Faiz, Piet Kager, Po Ly, Mayfong Mayxay, Jeanne Packer, Mrigendra P Singh, and Georges Snounou for providing valuable information and full text articles; Koki Agarwal, Azucena Bardaji, William Brieger, Laura Guarenti, Nikki Jackson, Glen D L Mola, Chilunga Puts, Elaine Romain, Timothy Syrota, and Bernard Nahlen for their valuable comments on previous versions of this report; and Viviana Mangiaterra for initiating this research project. WHO Roll Back Malaria gave funds for Sholdo Malaria Research Unit to write a background document as preparation for their annual Malaria in Pregnancy meeting, and the subsequent research was the basis for this Review. The funding source was not involved in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, the writing of the article, or in submission of the report for publication. The views expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not represent the positions of their respective institutions or that of the funding agency.