[Malaria prevalence at delivery in four maternity hospitals of Kinshasa City, Democratic Republic of Congo].

In areas with stable transmission, malaria is an alarming threat both for mothers (anemia) and fetus (abortion, premature birth, a birth ponderal deficit, death in utero). Our study aims at estimating the malaria prevalence among parturients and their newborn babies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to conduct the national programme of control. Between September and November 2004, 196 pregnant women aged of 14 to 45 years old (average: 25.