Infectious Diseases: Control and Prevention

Infections During Pregnancy

Infections in a mother sometimes can be leads to birth defects in her unborn child. Maintaining proper hygiene and taking extra precautions can sometimes mean the difference between a healthy, happy baby and a life-threatening sickness. Use of irregular preventative treatment in pregnancy and using nets resulted in an estimated 94,000 new born deaths being averted between 2009 and 2012 in twenty five African countries. If these involvements had been applied to 80% of the at-risk population, it is estimated that 300,000 deaths could have been prevented.