Pregnant Women not to Get Malaria

Malaria still a threat to society in Indonesia, because of the high morbidity and mortality in the productive age.
Even malaria that attacks pregnant women could be a threat to the nation.

In some areas the prevalence of pregnant women with malaria by 18 percent, so that babies born to have a risk of low birth weight are two times greater than pregnant women without malaria.

Malaria is infectious disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium. The danger posed by these parasites is the occurrence of anemia.

"In eastern Indonesia, 10 percent of the total number of pregnant women suffer from malaria, especially in Papua, West Papua, Maluku, NTT," said Dr.Rita Kusriastuti, MSc, Director of Animal Disease Control Sourced. In fact, continued Dr.Rita, pregnant women in eastern Indonesia could suffer from malaria in 2 or 3 times a pregnancy.

Dangers of pregnant women suffering from malaria is anemia.
Suffer from malaria during pregnancy can lead to severe anemia. "How could the mother nourishes the fetus if himself anemia.
Anemia means lack of blood hemoglobin that carries oxygen."

If you have anemia during pregnancy, it's likely the baby will be born preterm, low weight or malnutrition. In patients with malaria, red blood cells destroyed by the plasmodium.
Anemia can make the productivity of workers is not optimal, and the influence of intelligence in infants and school- age children.