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Compared to their non-pregnant counterparts, the increased susceptibility of pregnant women to Plasmodium falciparum malaria is manifest in a higher frequency and density of parasitemia (Brabin 1983; McGregor et al. 1983) particularly in primigravidae (Steketee 1988). This in turn increases the risk of abortion, stillbirth, prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation and infants of LBW (Brabin 1991; Menendez 1995; Steketee et al. 1996a; Luxemburger et al. 2001) and maternal anemia (Elder 2000; Menendez 2000b).