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| InfoShare Partner: Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) |
| Publication Date: April 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Financing/management, Infectious diseases, other, Service delivery |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
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| Number of Pages: 2 |
| File Size: 469 KB |
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Intro Paragraph:
Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world’s population,
and more than 1 million children die each year of malariarelated
complications.
The disease is transmitted when mosquitoes carrying the
malaria parasite bite and infect humans. If left untreated in
pregnant women, malaria causes low birthweight, which can
lead to a range of impairments including cerebral palsy, mental
retardation, and cognitive defi cits. In Sub-Saharan Africa,
nearly 4 percent of all maternal deaths annually are the result
of malaria-related conditions.
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