Malaria. Part 1
Malaria Congress in Kinshasa, DRC, October 2003. Medical experience in Medical Unit Level 1. Kisangani Garrison Detachment, DRC, from January 2003 to April 2004.
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Tropical Diseases; Malaria.Abstract
Malaria or Malaria is an acute and/or chronic disease caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium.
The name Malaria comes from the Italian "MAL- ARIA" or "MAL-AIRE".
Plasmodia are probably originated in Africa, fossils of mosquitoes 30 million years old have been found, showing that the vector of Malaria is biologically well before Hommo sapiens ...
Currently, 500 million people in Africa, India, Southeast Asia and South America are exposed to endemic malaria, with an annual mortality of 2.5 million people, 1 million of whom are children.
It is the leading health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), causing 1 million deaths annually, 700,000 of which are among children under 5 years of age.
In 1998, African political leaders founded the "Malaria Control" group (RBM Rolle Back Malaria) whose objective for the current decade (2001 - 2010) is to reduce the incidence of malaria by 50%. With this objective in mind, the member countries met in April 2000, jointly signing the "Abuja Declaration", which establishes a series of protective measures such as intermittent treatment for pregnant women, reduction or elimination of taxes on insecticides used for impregnation of mosquito nets. Strategic plans were established for the member countries, and different working groups were defined, such as: "Integral management of the disease in children", "Safer pregnancy", in an attempt to join efforts to achieve the objectives defined for the decade.
The monitoring and evaluation of the tasks to be developed by the group "Malaria Control (Rolle Back Malaria, RBM) have been defined as a priority for the achievement of the objectives set.
The evaluation is carried out taking into account "indicators" defined by the group periodically to ensure compliance with the programmed activities.
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