MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY - A PRIORITY AREA OF MALARIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL

Move than 2000 million people live in areas where malaria transmission occurs and are therefore at risk of being infected. It follows that 1 000 million people are exposed to the risks of malaria when pregnant. Although the special features of malaria during pregnancy have been re cognized for nearly a century(1), it is only recently that it is being considered as a priority for malaria research and control, as discuss ed here by Clara Menendez.