Harare, 24 May 2005 -- A workshop on the multi-centre study on the consequences of malaria in low transmission areas in the African Region got under way Tuesday in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The multi-centre study is a WHO-supported enquiry, started in 2004, to determine the impact of malaria in pregnancy in five African countries with low malaria transmission - Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.