THE CAUSES OF MALARIA AND ITS PREVENTION MEASURES

This malady called malaria is a dreaded illness or disease (if you like) and is one of the most common infectious diseases and enormous public health problem in our world

It is estimated that there are 300 to, 500 million new cases evey year, with 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths world wide.

Maĺaria is one of the leading causes of disease and death in the World. It is an infectious disease characterized by chills, fever, Pain and sweating. It has been a major cause of poverty, low productivity accounting for about 32.5% of all Maryland Office of public Defender (OPD) attendances and 48.8% admission in sub-Saharan Africa (NMCP annual report, 2009).
Maĺaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus plasmodium (phylum Apicomplexa). This group of human - pathogenic plasmodium phylum species is usually referred to as Maĺaria parasites. Plasmodium phylum enters the bloodstream and destroys the red blood cells and affect the liver, kidneys and other organs. The parasites multiply within red blood cells, causing symptoms that include anemia (light headness, shortness of breath, tycharcadia etc), as well as other general symptoms such as chills, fever, nuasea, flu-like illness.

The primary cause

The parasite's "primary" (definitive) hosts and trans vectors are "female mosquitoes" of the Anophele genus. Young mosquitoes first ingest the Maĺaria parasites by feeding on an infected
Human carrier, and the infected Anophele mosquitoes carry plasmodium sporozoites in their salivary glands as proven by research.

A mosquito becomes infected when it takes blood meal from an infected Human, once ingested, the parasite gametocytes taken up in the blood will further differentiate into male and female gametes and the fuse in the mosquito gut.

The Interventions (Preventions)

Some of the interventions applied to prevent Maĺaria are as follows:

1. Residual insecticide application against
   adult
   mosquitoes.
2. Mad chemoprohylaxis with pyrimethamine
   medicated salt.
3. Improvement of drainage system
4. Promotion of treated bed net usuage.
5. Environmental management.
6. Chemoprophylaxis in pregnancy.

CONCLUSION

Malaria is preventable as seen from the available "Research Records"
Let's intensify effort in dealing with the causes and the prevention of this infectious disease, thereby reducing the death rate in our world.
Safe a life today, spreed this important information.

Stay safe.

Best regards.
From the desk of Udu Ben