MALARIA AND ITS PREVENTION
A qualitative study on health workers’ and community members’ perceived sources, role of information and communication on malaria treatment, prevention and control in southeast Nigeria
... Across the 18 FGDs held for community members, par- ticipants suggested the use of various channels for com- municating information about malaria prevention and treatment to members of the public. A number ...
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Malaria Indicator Survey 2007, Ethiopia: coverage and use of major malaria prevention and control interventions
... in malaria prevention and control demonstrates that with committed leadership, donor support, and strong partnership, African countries can produce remarkable results in scaling up anti-malaria ...
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Pregnant women’s knowledge and perception about antenatal care and prevention of malaria in Ghana
... neonatal malaria and high perinatal mortality (Roll Back Malaria Partnership, ...Also, malaria in pregnancy is not only disastrous for the foetus but endangers the health of the pregnant mother as ...
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Anti malarial drugs and the prevention of malaria in the population of malaria endemic areas
... of malaria in endemic areas when used for prevention as well as for ...from malaria, but it is difficult to sustain for prolonged periods, may interfere with the development of naturally acquired ...
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Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school aged children: a national cross sectional survey in Côte d’Ivoire
... to prevention and treatment against malaria, results reported here confirm previous investi- gations in Côte d’Ivoire and elsewhere, as the use of preventive measures and availability of anti-malarial drugs ...
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Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention
... Personal protection has been used for centuries to prevent mosquito bites (Herodotus 1996). Historically, people burned re- pellent plants and applied essential oils directly onto their skin or clothing. In recent times ...
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Health communication practices for malaria prevention and control in Gamo Gofa: Reviewing the rural community block
... Integrated communication strategy as horizontal health communication should be viewed as an integral part of development plans. One of whose major objectives is to create communication systems or models that could ...
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Malaria Related Knowledge and Child to Parent Communication Regarding Prevention and Control of Malaria among Primary School Students in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia
... about malaria was found to be high among the ...regarding prevention and control of ...about prevention methods like sleeping under ITN and cleaning the ...with malaria information and ...
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Malaria related knowledge and prevention practices in four neighbourhoods in and around Mumbai, India: a cross sectional study
... effective prevention practices, it is important to use channels that are most likely to reach the intended ...about malaria, followed by newspapers or ...reliable malaria information. A limitation of ...
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Health education through mass media announcements by loudspeakers about malaria care: prevention and practice among people living in a malaria endemic area of northern Myanmar
... Effective prevention and prompt care-seeking prac- tices are essential to halt the transmission of ...Ideally, malaria treatment should commence within 24 h after the onset of fever, and self-treatment is ...
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Mass media exposure and its impact on malaria prevention behaviour among adult women in sub Saharan Africa : results from malaria indicator surveys
... of prevention of ...about malaria and en- couraging adoption of preventive behaviour among the ...by malaria elimination programs in Africa as ...
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Impact of community-based interventions for the prevention and control of malaria on intervention coverage and health outcomes for the prevention and control of malaria
... of malaria as outlined in our concep- tual framework ...the prevention and control of malaria were delivered within community settings and the reported outcomes were ...
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Malaria prevention in the city of Yaoundé: knowledge and practices of urban dwellers
... to malaria control interventions is ...Roll-Back Malaria for monitoring and evaluating treated nets usage on the field, these include: (i) the proportion of households that own at least a net; (ii) the ...
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Tafenoquine and its potential in the treatment and relapse prevention of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> malaria: the evidence to date
... Currently available antimalarial drugs are stage specific. Drugs such as PQ have activity mainly on hypnozoites and hence help in preventing relapse, while drugs such as CQ have effect on blood stages (asexual stages), ...
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Community knowledge and acceptance of indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Mozambique: a qualitative study
... of malaria control in Mozambique is early diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases with effec- tive drugs and vector control ...primary malaria vector control interventions are universal distribution ...
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The past, present and future use of epidemiological intelligence to plan malaria vector control and parasite prevention in Uganda
... in malaria transmission in a few localities ...of malaria: parasite prevalence among children aged two to nine years de- clined from ...in malaria rates [14,16]. By 1963, the malaria ...
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Recent Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Medication of Malaria
... bites, malaria parasites transmits to that person and person becomes ...primary malaria symptoms. The malaria symptoms are same as that of other diseases and therefore they are ...then malaria ...
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Relationship between care givers' misconceptions and non use of ITNs by under five Nigerian children
... study. Malaria control in 18 of these states was supported by the Global Fund grants while three were supported by funds from other international development ...on prevention of ...global malaria ...
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Preventing malaria in the Peruvian Amazon: a qualitative study in Iquitos, Peru
... regarded malaria prevention as the government’s responsibility, dimin- ishing personal responsibility for malaria ...where malaria inci- dence is ...investigating its effectiveness for ...
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Multiple causes of an unexpected malaria outbreak in a high transmission area in Madagascar
... to malaria prevention and control measures, and travel during the preceding 3 ...for malaria (RDT) was performed on all household members aged 6 months or ...® Malaria RDT (Access Bio ...
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