The Indian burden of malaria in pregnancy needs assessment

Monica Pandey1, Manju Rahi2, Amit Sharma3

  • 1ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India.

Malaria specifically threatens health of pregnant mothers and infants and it remains unexplored in India. MiP (malaria in pregnancy) has serious short-term and long-term consequences on the mother and infant. Thus, urgent improvements in surveillance systems and management are needed to mitigate MiP as a public health problem.

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