Community health workers can make a great difference in increasing the number of pregnant women who receive life-saving preventive antimalarial treatment, according to a study conducted in four sub-Saharan African countries and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.
On International Women s Day, Medicines for Malaria Venture calls for sustained action to address biases, discrimination, and inequities that affect women and girls, including their access to malaria prevention and treatment.