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How to Prevent Malaria in High Risk Groups and Areas

June 19, 2018 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: Malaria prevention in high risk group & area? Answer: There are many effective ways to protect yourself against malaria, even in high risk areas. A full list of measures can be found in the "Malaria Overview" section of the website, which has a specific page dedicated to malaria prevention. A direct link to the prevention page can be found here: Malaria Prevention. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Prevention

Regular Preventive Malaria Treatment Reduces Risk in Children

August 5, 2014 By Jessica Berman Leave a Comment

Protecting young children from malaria in countries where the mosquito-borne illness is endemic can include preventive drug treatment during the rainy season, when most infections occur.  Now, researchers report that delivering an anti-malaria drug monthly, all year long, dramatically reduces the risk of this potentially lethal disease in infants and toddlers. Ninety percent of the 219 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Malaria Prevention

Should I Be Checked for Malaria After Returning from India?

November 18, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: I just arrived home to Canada from India on Saturday evening . During my 3 week stay, I was in Delhi, Agra, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Solan and Shimla. While in Delhi my first week there I must have had about 500 or more mosquito bites on my arms, legs, face, even my back sides etc even though I was using mosquito cream (Odomos I think itw as called) and had a repellent plugged in all the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: diagnosis, India, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Prevention, mosquitoes

Malaria in Cape Verde

November 4, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Do you need to take Malaria Tablets in SAL Cape-Verde? ANSWER The risk of malaria in Cape Verde is very low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US do not recommend taking antimalarials during visits there. In fact, the only part of Cape Verde where a few cases of malaria have been reported is Saõ Tiago Island, so if you visit there, you may just want to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: antimalarias, Cape Verde, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission

CDC Warns of Imported Malaria – U.S. Cases Reach 40 Year High

October 31, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Increase underscores importance of taking recommended medicines to prevent malaria when traveling In 2011, 1,925 malaria cases were reported in the United States, according to data published in a supplement of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This number is the highest since 1971, more than 40 years ago, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission

Multiple Malaria Infections Each Year

October 30, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 3 Comments

QUESTION My name is Olumide and I live in Nigeria. I have had malaria too frequently and it's giving me a lot of concern. I had one last August 2012 and am having another one this October as I am speaking with you. If I should count it, I'll be having nothing less than 6 occurrences in a year. It's always an headache induced malaria whereby after using the ACT combination recommended by WHO, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood film, diagnosis, flu, indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide-treated bednet, long-sleeved clothing, Malaria Prevention, microscopy, Pneumonia, rapid diagnostic test, RDT

Favism (G6PD Deficiency) and Malaria

October 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION My son has Favism (G6PD deficient). He is going to stay for 2 years in Chad (malaria-endemic country). It is contraindicated for him to take antimalarial drugs. What can we do if he gets a malaria infection? One physician said that he can use Artelum (Artemether + Lumefantrine) for protection. Is it a right prescription? ANSWER Yes, you are correct that Primaquine (which along … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, G6PD deficiency, Malaria Prevention

Precautions to Prevent Malaria

October 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What precautions can be taken to prevent malaria? ANSWER This is a common question.  Communities can try to control or eliminate mosquitoes (who when infected with the malaria parasite can bite humans and transmit the disease) by spraying with insecticide, using biological agents, or draining mosquito breeding areas.  These methods are called vector control. On a personal level, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Control, Malaria Prevention

Anti Malaria Tablets – When to Start

October 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I am due to travel to South Goa on 27th October 2012. It is 9th Oct now. It says I should start taking my tablets 1 week before traveling, however I was wondering if it was okay to start taking them now so my body can get used to the side affects before I travel. I do not want to be ill all the time whilst I am away. ANSWER Yes, you do need to take preventive medicine against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: atovaquone-proguanil, Chloroquine, Doxycycline, Malaria Prevention, Malarone, Mefloquine, prophylaxis

What measures can local people take to limit malaria infection?

October 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

  QUESTION What measures can local people take to limit malaria infection? ANSWER People living in malarial areas can do a lot to protect themselves from getting malaria.  There are community programs for vector control (to control or eliminate mosquitoes) that include draining swamps to remove mosquito breeding habitat, spraying with insecticide, and using biological control … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Prevention, mosquito, vector control

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