Patients' costs, socio-economic and health system aspects associated with malaria in pregnancy in an endemic area of Colombia.

• Main Authors: Elisa Sicuri (Author), Azucena Bardají (Author), Sergi Sanz (Author), Sergi Alonso (Author), Silke Fernandes (Author), Kara Hanson (Author), Myriam Arevalo-Herrera (Author), Clara Menéndez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malaria in pregnancy threatens birth outcomes and the health of women and their newborns. This is also the case in low transmission areas, such as Colombia, where Plasmodium vivax is the dominant parasite species. Within the Colombian health system, which underwent major reforms in the 90s, malaria...