Abstract
Every year about 50 million pregnant women are exposed to malaria This leads to an increased health risk to both the mothers and the developing fetuses. Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) is caracterised by the sequestration of parasites in the placenta, by an increase in maternal anaemia, intra-uterine gowth restriction and diminished foetal viability. Plasmodium vivax is the dominant malaria sp…