<prompt> A patient who is 21 weeks pregnant came to you with fever and chills. You make a diagnosis of Malaria. What is the next line of management?Wait till term and sta treatment for malariaTerminate pregnancy and treat the patient for malariaSta antimalarial treatment immediately and continue the pregnancyTreat only if it is falciparum malaria otherwise wait till term  <response>: Pregnancy is not a contraindication for treatment of malaria. It should be treated with antimalarial agents at any period of pregnancy. Chemoprophylaxis of malaria during pregnancy especially last trimester is indicated in woman living in endemic areas. Ref: Mudaliar, Edition-9 , Page - 191. 