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Editorial: Malaria control in Malawi
Abstract
[Introduction]
Like the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, malaria in Malawi continues to be one of the most important public health problems that our population faces; accounting for between 30 to 40% of hospital visits and 20 to 30% of hospital deaths, especially among children under the age of five years. Pregnant women are also susceptible to the devastating effects of malaria infection, although the major impact of malaria infection in pregnancy is not on the woman herself but on her unborn child, whose growth may be impaired as a consequence of the accumulation of parasites in the placenta. About 20% of Malawian babies are born with low birth weight (LBW), the most important predictor of neonatal and infant mortality, and malaria is the most important preventable cause of LBW.
[Malawi Med J. Vol.14(1) 2002: 2-3]
Like the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, malaria in Malawi continues to be one of the most important public health problems that our population faces; accounting for between 30 to 40% of hospital visits and 20 to 30% of hospital deaths, especially among children under the age of five years. Pregnant women are also susceptible to the devastating effects of malaria infection, although the major impact of malaria infection in pregnancy is not on the woman herself but on her unborn child, whose growth may be impaired as a consequence of the accumulation of parasites in the placenta. About 20% of Malawian babies are born with low birth weight (LBW), the most important predictor of neonatal and infant mortality, and malaria is the most important preventable cause of LBW.
[Malawi Med J. Vol.14(1) 2002: 2-3]
