Health Tips : Preventing Malaria During Pregnancy

Photo: malariaconsortium.org

Malaria is an illness caused by bite of mosquito that is carrying  malaria parasite. Malaria during pregnancy can cause sickness or death of the mother and unborn baby. Malaria can also cause a baby to have low birth weight, be small and weak, be early or be born with serious health problems. It is good to prevent pregnant women from getting malaria.

A pregnant woman during Antenatal Care
Photo Credit: Centre for Disease Control

To prevent malaria, pregnant women should: 

Visit a nearest health facility where she can get antimalarial drugs recommended by Health governing bodies

Ensure that environment and surroundings with the house are kept clean

Sleep under a long lasting Insecticide Treated Net throughout the pregnancy.

A pregnant woman should go to the nearest Health if she notice the following symptoms.

• Fever
• Shivering
• Headache and Joint pain
• Stomach pain
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Difficulty in breathing
• Dehydration
• Convulsion
• Loss of Appetite

By doing these would our community to reduce maternal mortality

" Together we can make life easy, we should  encourage to sleep under treated bed net and visit nearest health facility for necessary advise and guidance''