Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in many developing nations throughout Africa, South America, and Asia. African countries are most prone to the deadly disease malaria and rising temperatures aid the spread of the disease (WHO 2012). More than 30 million women in Africa become pregnant in malaria endemic areas and are at risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection compared with non-pregnant women. Malaria during pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality is most pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa, yet only a fraction of these women have access to effective anti-malaria interventions (Braun et al. 2015; Gutman and Slutsker 2017).