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ECOWAS Program to Eradicate Malaria

September 27, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

QUESTION Why can I find no mention on your website of the ECOWAS program to eradicate malaria in their countries? ANSWER Thanks for bringing up ECOWAS. Since 2011, ECOWAS leaders have signaled a commitment to eradicating malaria in their region by 2015, and pilot programs are already underway in several countries, including Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Ghana. The program has centered on the use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Biolarvicides, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, ECOWAS, Ghana, larvicides, Nigeria, West Africa

Recurrence of Malaria

September 11, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION If a person treated for malaria after being infected from a malaria endemic country of West Africa and cured then he travel back to his country which does not known for malaria endemic region of the world. Question is: Is there any chance of re-occurrence even he is not being exposed to malaria spreading mosquito for some time may be year? Is it true Malaria parasites stays in liver … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Chloroquine, dormancy, G6DP deficiency, hibernation, liver, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, prevalence, Primaquine, relapse, West Africa

Malaria in Summer

July 22, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Does malaria only occur during summer season? ANSWER That depends on where you are. The transmission of malaria depends on the presence of the mosquitoes which are required to transmit the disease (they do this when they bite you). Many kinds of mosquito transmit malaria, though all are of the genus Anopheles. These different species have different climatic requirements, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, climate suitability, geographic variation, mosquito life cycle, seasonal transmission, stagnant water, temperature, transmission, West Africa, year round transmission

Malaria Deaths in the Tropics

November 28, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What's the difference of malaria deaths between the subtropical and tropical regions and all the other regions? ANSWER I am assuming you are asking about the distribution of deaths caused by malaria between the tropics/sub-tropics and the rest of the world. 95% percent of all fatal malaria cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa, which lies entirely in the sub-tropics and tropics. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Central Africa, East Africa, Malaria Control, malaria mortality, Malaria transmission, Malaria Treatment, North America, seasonal transmission, Sub-Saharan Africa, sub-tropics, tropics, West Africa

Dietary Values in West Africa

November 3, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION In many West African countries where malaria attacks the general population of the people what is their dietary intake like? What are their foods or nutritional values? ANSWER In most West African countries, the diet is dominated by starchy tubers or grains, such as cassava, rice, sorghum and millet. This base foodstuff is often served alongside a vegetable or meat-based stew or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: malnutrition, micronutrients, staple diet, West Africa

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