EndMalariaInNigeria: April 2019

Monday, April 1, 2019

Medication without Malaria Test is Drug Abuse - Pediatrician

“It is drug abuse and there is a greater chance of the parasite developing resistance to the drugs if it is done regularly" These are the words of Okunola Olusola a Paediatric Neurologist

In an interview with the News Agency Of Nigeria on Sunday he cautioned parents against administering antimalaria medication to children who had not been diagnosed with malaria.

Mr Olusola of Paediatrics Department, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) also stressed that it was very wrong to give children antimalaria drugs when they did not have malaria, adding that doing so would not prevent them from the ailment.

Daily Malaria Nuggets

#ReportingMalaria Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It was once thought that the disease came from fetid marshes, hence the name mal aria, ((bad air). In 1880, scientists discovered the real cause of malaria a one-cell parasite called plasmodium. Later they discovered that the parasite is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, which requires blood to nurture her eggs.
#ReportingMalaria Malaria vaccine passes test in humans
#EndMalariaInNigeria With proper treatment, symptoms of malaria usually go away quickly, with a cure within two weeks. Without proper treatment, malaria episodes (fever, chills, sweating) can return periodically over a period of years. After repeated exposure, patients will become partially immune and develop milder disease
#EndMalariaInNigeria There's currently no vaccine available that offers protection against malaria, so it's very important to take antimalarial medication to reduce your chances of getting the disease. However, anti-malarials only reduce your risk of infection by about 90%, so taking steps to avoid bites is also important. -WHO
#EndMalariaInNigeria Nets are still on top: Insecticide treated nets are still one of the most cost effective tools to prevent malaria with the potential to reduce up to 50% of cases, despite the growing threat of insecticide resistance.
#EndMalariaInNigeria Prevention, treatment, research and diagnosis -countries need to invest in them to eradicate the malaria.
#EndMalariaInNigeria More research is being carried out to gain an even deeper understanding of the process of malarial recurrence.
#EndMalariaInNigeria Malaria occurs in nearly 100 countries worldwide. According to the 2013 World Malaria Report, there were more than 200 million malaria cases in 2012. An estimated 627,000 people died from malaria in 2012, 90 percent of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of those who die from malaria are children under age 5.
#EndMalariaInNigeria Governments at the highest levels must be committed to reducing malaria
#EndMalariaInNigeria For first time, researchers can measure insecticide on surface of mosquito nets
#EndMalariaInNigeria Five types of Plasmodium parasite can infect humans. These occur in different parts of the world. Some cause a more severe type of malaria than others.
#EndMalariaInNigeria #Bite #Prevention Avoid mosquito bites by using insect repellent, covering your arms and legs, and using a mosquito net. Check whether you need to take malaria prevention tablets –if you do, make sure you take the right antimalarial tablets at the right dose, and finish the course.
#EndMalariaInNigeria "Malaria can be treated. If the right drugs are used, people who have malaria can be cured and all the malaria parasites can be cleared from their body. However, the disease can continue if it is not treated or if it is treated with the wrong drug. Some drugs are not effective because the parasite is resistant to them" -CDC.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Nigeria loses N132 Billion to Malaria yearly

Monday, April 1, 2019

Medication without Malaria Test is Drug Abuse - Pediatrician

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