MIP Strategic Framework
This document is a collaborative effort of the Malaria Control Programme and the Safe Motherhood Programme of the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa and the Roll Back Malaria and Making Pregnancy safer teams of WHO Headquarters. Developing and strengthening national capacity for prevention and control of malaria in pregnancy is a high priority for the African region. This document is a strategic framework intended to provide guidance to policy-makers and national programs for the prevention and control of malaria in pregnant women. The framework describes the burden of malaria in pregnancy, recommends interventions for the prevention and control of malaria in pregnancy, proposes a strategy for delivering interventions and suggests approaches for program development in highly endemic areas in Africa. (WHO 2004)