Laia Cirera, Charfudin Sacoor, Martin Meremikwu, Louise Ranaivo, Manu F Manun'Ebo, Dachi Arikpo, Osvaldo Matavele, Victor Rafaralahy, Didier Ndombe, Clara Pons Duran, Maximo Ramirez, Francesco Ramponi, Raquel González, Christina Maly, Elaine Roman, Elisa Sicuri, Franco Pagnoni, Clara Menéndez
Background Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which imposes a significant economic burden. We provide evidence on the costs of malaria care in pregnancy to households and the health system in four high-burden countries in SSA. Methods Household and health system economic costs associated with malaria control in pregnancy were estimated in selected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar (MDG), Mozambique (MOZ) and Nigeria (NGA). An exit survey was administered to 2,031 pregnant women when leaving the antenatal care (ANC) clinic from October 2020 to June 2021...
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