Draft report on malaria and HIV infection in pregnant women in Mangochi district

Some of the findings are: 1) that on sera collected between 1987 and 1990; the seroprevalence rate among sexually active women who became pregnant was 6.9 percent; 2) there are factors associated with increased risk of HIV infection; 3) there is an association between malaria and HIV infections in pregnant women; and 4) that HIV infection in the mother during pregnancy doubles the risk of infant mortality