A Public Health Paradox: The Women Most Vulnerable to Malaria Are the Least Protected (González, 2016)
González, Raquel, Esperança Sevene, George Jagoe et al., “A Public Health Paradox: The Women Most Vulnerable to Malaria are the Least Protected,” PLOS Medicine 13, no.5 (May 2016), doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002014
URL: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002014
González et al. (2016) note that HIV-infected pregnant women in sub-Sahara Africa are the most vulnerable group to malaria, yet also the least protected against the disease due to concerns about the adverse consequences of mixing medications for HIV and malaria. The authors call for action to be taken to evaluate how to best provide effective care for women battling both illnesses.
