INTRODUCTION Palawan, where health care facilities are still limited, is one of the most malaria endemic provinces in the Philippines. Since 1999, microscopists (community health workers) have been trained in malaria diagnosis and feasibility of early diagnosis and treatments have been enhanced throughout the province. To accelerate the universal access of malaria patients to diagnostic testing...

BACKGROUND Since malaria is one of the foremost public health problems in Ethiopia, assessment of situation of the disease, and communities' knowledge and perceptions about malaria is necesary to institute appropriate preventive and control measures. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess malaria prevalence and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about the disease among ShewaRobit Town co...

environmental management for malaria control is defined as any planned physical activities that through transformation of land, water and vegetation will result in the prevention, reduction or elimination of malaria. in planning and implementing these activities, full consideration must be given to their long-term effects and benefits and to the preservation of the quality of environment and th...

Background: Malaria is one of the major public health problems in India and climate change expected to aggravate situation by opening new windows for transmission, particularlyin Himalayan region. It is, therefore, essential identify knowledge gapsand adaptive capacity communities adverse impacts change, develop adaptation plan improve resilience. Methods: The potential risks malaria due was as...

BACKGROUNDS Malaria is one of the major public health problems in Southeast Asia including Nepal having relatively high burden of malaria. Jhapa and Morang districts are malaria endemic plain area of South-eastern part of Nepal. OBJECTIVES The evaluate the recent epidemiology of malaria situation in Jhapa and Morang districts, which are the districts in eastern Nepal with high transmission of...

In order to provide basic data for evaluation of malaria control measures, a study on the knowledge and behavior of people regarding prevention of malaria was carried out in 8 malaria endemic villages in Khammouane Province of Lao PDR from 1999 to 2000. The total valid questionnaire respondents were 932, with a mean age of 32.3 +/- 14.9. 43.7% of the respondents were illiterate. About 44% of th...

How to cite this article: Hlongwana KW, Zitha A, Mabuza AM, Maharaj R. Knowledge and practices towards malaria amongst residents of Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;3(1), Art. #257, 9 pages. doi:10.4102/phcfm. v3i1.257 Background: Malaria remains one of the greatest public health challenges worldwide and it is amongst the top killers in sub-Saharan Af...

Background and Objectives: Iran started malaria elimination campaigns many years ago. The purpose of this study was to review the malaria surveillance system in Iran.   Methods: The data of this study were obtained from the surveillance system of the Center for Communicable Disease Control, a review of records, documents, books and published articles, and also interviews with process owners a...

1Centre for Science and Technology, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan. 2Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, Sudan. ABSTRACT A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among displaced people in Khartoum state to determine risk factors associated with malaria. Data were collected from 856 households about sociodemographic ...