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Malaria Medicine for Pregnant Women

February 26, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What medicine can be given to a pregnant woman who has malaria? ANSWER The type of anti-malarial that should be given to a pregnant women depends on the type of malaria they have, its severity and how long she has been pregnant. Chloroquine, quinine and artemisinin-derivatives can be given during all trimesters, but in many places malaria is resistant to chloroquine. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Chloroquine, contraindications, halofantrine, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, Primaquine, sulfa allergies, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

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