How to Fight Against Malaria

Malaria is one of the most dangerous diseases that affects people's lives mainly in sub-saharan Africa and nearly 90 percent are children under five years and pregnant women.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

How to Fight Against Malaria

1. Reduce malaria transmission through a mixture of both preventive and curative measures.
2. Every children under five years should access treatment of malaria with in 24 hours on recognition of malaria symptoms.
3. Community members at every village must be trained to treat malaria episodes mainly in children below five years using recommended first line medicines.
4. Construct enough health centers at least in every parish and make sure that are well equipped in order to increase access on medicine and other health services.
5. Change the malaria treatment policy because chloroquine is no longer effective against malaria.
6. Spray your house using recommended drugs in order to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
7. Encourage people to use mosquito nets and coils mainly during rainy seasons.

Tips & Warnings

• Malaria is a key problem that must be addressed immediately.