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WHO World Malaria Report 2019🦟: The number of pregnant women 🤰 & children 👶 in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets & benefiting from preventive medicine for #malaria has increased significantly in recent years👉bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Accelerated efforts are needed to reduce #malaria 🦟 infections & deaths in the hardest-hit countries, as progress stalls. Last year, malaria afflicted 228 million people & killed an estimated 405 thousand, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa 👉bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Pregnancy reduces a woman’s immunity to #malaria 🦟, making her more susceptible to infection and at greater risk of:
🔴 illness
🔴 severe anaemia
🔴 death.
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@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Maternal #malaria 🦟 interferes with the growth of the fetus, increasing the risk of premature delivery and low birth weight – a leading cause of child mortality.
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@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO In 2018, an estimated 11 million pregnant women🤰 were infected with #malaria parasites in areas of moderate and high disease transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, nearly 900 000 children were born with a low birthweight. #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Despite the encouraging signs seen in the use of #malaria 🦟 preventive tools in pregnant women 🤰 and children 👶, there was no improvement in the global rate of malaria infections in the period 2014 to 2018 in the hardest-hit countries. bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Inadequate funding to #EndMalaria remains a major barrier to future progress. In 2018, total funding for #malaria control and elimination reached an estimated US$ 2.7 billion, falling far short of the US$ 5 billion funding target of the global strategy.

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO An estimated 3 out of 5 pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa slept under an insecticide-treated net in 2018 compared to over 1 out of 5 in 2010. bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Among pregnant women in @WHOAFRO region, coverage of the recommended 3 or more doses of intermittent preventive #malaria treatment in pregnancy, delivered at antenatal care facilities, increased from an estimated 22% in 2017 to 31% in 2018. bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO WHO recommends the use of insecticide-treated nets or indoor residual spraying and preventive antimalarial medicines to protect pregnant 🤰 and 👶 from #malaria. bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO For children under five living in #Africa’s Sahel subregion, WHO recommends seasonal #malaria chemoprevention during the high-transmission rainy season🌧️. In 2018, 7 out of 10 👦👩 who were eligible for the preventive medicine benefited from it.

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Timely #malaria diagnostic testing & treatment are vital. But many children with a fever are not brought in for care by a trained 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️. According to recent country surveys, over 3 out of 10 children with fever in sub-Saharan Africa don't receive any medical attention. #EndMalaria

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Integrated community case management for #malaria, #pneumonia and #diarrhoea can bridge gaps in clinical care in hard-to-reach communities. Although 30 countries now implement the approach, most sub-Saharan African countries struggle to do so, mainly due to health financing.