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Specific participant selection criteria include: 1. Presenting for care after quickening and before onset of labor (i.e. in the second or third trimester of pregnancy) 2. Age between 16 years and 44 years, inclusive 3. Willingness and ability to follow up with study visits and activities through the duration of pregnancy and at delivery 4. Absence of history of serious adverse reaction to sulfa drugs 5. Absence of history of serious adverse reaction to artemisinin-based drugs (depending on national policy on treatment of malaria in pregnancy) 6. Absence of HIV infection (both because guidelines for malaria prevention in pregnancy for HIV-infected women differ from those for HIV-negative women, and in order to avoid confounding of pregnancy outcomes by HIV-related complications or treatments in this early evaluation) 7. Absence of history of or current obstetrical complications (e.g. pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension during pregnancy, post-partum hemorrhage, evidence of multiple gestation) 8. Absence of chronic disease (e.g. diabetes mellitus, sickle cell disease) 9. Absence of evidence of severe acute disease requiring inpatient management or referral 10. Provision of written informed consent 11. Enrollment Hb ≥7 g/dL