Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in reducing the global prevalence of P. vivax also occurs in South America, where 3% of the global total of women at risk for MIP reside. However, over half of pregnancies that are potentially exposed to malaria occur in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific where P. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of adverse birth outcomes attributable to malaria occur, P. 1 Although there are five species of malaria that infect humans, two main species of Plasmodium contribute to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy, P. Globally, an estimated 125 million pregnant women reside in areas where they are at risk of contracting malaria in pregnancy (MIP), and MIP remains an important preventable cause of adverse birth outcomes.
