Fact Files
Malaria burden in Cameroon
- 45-50% consultations,
- 23% of hospitalisation in children <5 years
- 35% of all death in children <5 years
- 26% of job absenteeism
- 65% of school absenteeism
- 40% of the annual health budget
Malaria in pregnancy
- 60% of pregnant women suffer from malaria
- It is 4 times more likely to strike pregnant women than other adults
- It has implications for both mother and child accounting for maternal and under-5 deaths
Intermittent Preventive Therapy in pregnancy (IPTp) is free in Cameroon
