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Title: SGTM 16B Malaria


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SGTM 16 B Malaria
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  • How malaria affects the world
  • How malaria affects you
  • Preventing malaria

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Every year
  • 200 million cases
  • 1 million deaths, 75 of them children

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Malaria in peacekeeping
  • 10 or more of peacekeepers have malaria at one
    time
  • 1 peacekeeper dies on average every month from
    malaria

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Incidence of malaria among peacekeepers in the
United Nations mission in Liberia
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Malaria parasitesbursting out of red blood cells
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Malaria affects the
  • Red blood cells
  • Liver
  • Spleen
  • Kidney
  • Brain
  • Heart and lungs

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Symptoms
  • Fever
  • Headache and joint pains
  • Chills and shivering
  • Sweating
  • Unusual tiredness
  • Always seekmedical attention!

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Malaria spreads by
  • Bite of female anopheline carrying parasite
  • Injection with needle carrying infected blood

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Controlling the mosquito population
  • Draining stagnant water
  • Eliminating breeding sites
  • Keeping vegetation short
  • Fogging grounds with insecticides

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Reducing your exposure
  • Screening windows
  • Using treated bed nets, uniforms
  • Using insect repellents
  • Wearing appropriate clothes

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  • Antimalarials prevent you from developing
    clinical malaria
  • No vaccine available for preventing malaria
  • Malaria is worse than side effectsof
    antimalarials!

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  • All peacekeepers are required to take
    anti-malaria pills regularly!
  • If you cant tolerate antimalarials, you may be
    considered medically unfit for duty

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Immune?
  • Partial immunitypossible after manyattacks of
    malaria
  • Prophylaxis is safertake antimalarial pillson
    time!
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