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Let's protect women and newborns from a treatable and preventable disease
1 in 3 pregnant women suffer from malaria in Sub Sharan Africa, a disease that not only puts the mother at risk but the life of her newborn child as well. Malaria in pregnancy contributes to 500,000 babies being born with a low birth weight every year.
The problem is that so few pregnant women in malaria endemic countries receive the treatment they need. By receiving antenatal malaria treatment many more lives can be saved, in addition to using bed nets and testing for malaria.
pregnant women are being put at risk from a treatable and preventable disease.
By using the video, social media cards and suggested posts in this toolkit you can help call on leaders and policymakers to increase their efforts to protect women from malaria during pregnancy.
Encourage your followers to sign the letter calling for action that will be presented to world leaders at the 2023 African Union Summit
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#ZEROMALARIA #SPEEDUPSCALEUP
SUGGESTED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Use these social media posts to add to the pressure calling on world leaders to take action to protect pregnant women and their newborns from malaria...
Malaria contributes to 50,000 maternal deaths and 200,000 newborn deaths worldwide each year 🤰🏽🤰🏽🤰🏾🤰🏼🤰🏻🤰 By giving access to preventative treatment during pregnancy we can save millions of futures from a treatable and preventable disease #ZeroMalaria 🦟❌ #SpeedUpScaleUp
Malaria in pregnancy is a serious problem. It puts both the mother & baby at risk. 1 in 3 pregnant women are infected with malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. It's unacceptable - but with access to preventative treatment during pregnancy, we can protect millions of lives #ZeroMalaria
It's unfair that pregnant women and their newborn babies are put at risk from a preventable disease. We must improve access to treatment to protect them both 💊 🤰Let's call on world leaders to #SpeedUpScaleUp access to this treatment. sign the letter ✍️ https://bit.ly/3UO9PjU