Malaria
- Introduction
The introduction defines malaria and presents the background facts concerning the disease. Malaria is considered to be the world’s deadliest disease affecting people across the globe, especially the developing countries.
- Thesis Statement
Although there are effective measures set to deal with malaria, the disease continues to affect many people across the globe, especially pregnant women and young children. The study will focus on discussing the factors contributing to the increase of malaria, its impact, treatment of the disease, and the significance of World Health Organization (WHO) intervention in the quest to control the illness.
- The Body
- Factors Contributing to the Increase of Malaria
- Lack of adequate prevention tools in homes, for example, bed nets or ITNs (insecticide-treated nets) that ensure protection (Fana et al. 5).
- The increase of anti-malaria resistance drugs
- Poor government support, especially lack of government health insurance schemes for the people infected with malaria.
- Lack of expansion of malaria funding in the countries that are affected by the issue
- Low level of education, especially for pregnant women (Fana et al. 10)
- Impact of Malaria
- Leads to the loss of life
- The disease has serious effects on the blood (blood donors)
- Entails health problems for the community
- Controlling the spreading of malaria
It can be done through the following ways:
- Government and health organizations financing the malaria program
- Encouraging the adoption of using the ITNs
- Spraying the mosquitos’ hotspot area in order to control the spread of the insects (Zama et al. 2).
- Introduction of insecticide resistance management
- The WHO recommendations in the treatment of malaria
- WHO presents annual reports concerning malaria which are helpful to both the public and healthcare system.
- World Health Organization defines national health programs that need to be adopted in the eradication of the health issue.
- The involvement of the organization will help the healthcare system to come up with practical malaria prevention measures.
- Conclusion
The study will conclude by summarizing the findings and re-stating the factors that contribute to the increase of malaria, impact of the illness, how it can be controlled, and the importance of involving WHO in the malaria treatment measures.
Works Cited
Fana, Sani Abdullahi, Bunza, Mohammed, Anka, Sule, Imam, Asiya, and Shehu Usman Nataala. “Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Malaria Infection Among Pregnant Women in a Semi-Urban Community of North-Western Nigeria.” Infectious Diseases of Poverty, vol.4, no.1, 2015, pp.4-25
In the article, Fana et al. describe malaria as one of the major public health problems, especially for pregnant women. The study identifies several factors that have led to the increase of malaria across the globe. The article highlights the lack of education and mentions that people fail to use insecticide-treated nets, which contributes to the increase of malaria illness. The article provides detailed findings that are useful for this study and notes that a lot has to be done to fight against malaria.
Zama, Isah, Yakubu, Abdulrahaman, Okwesili, Augustine, Ishaku, EY, Erhabor, Osaro, Mainasara, Abdullah, and Kufre e. Uko. “Prevalence of Malaria Parasitaemia and Methaemoglobin Levels among Blood Donors in Sokoto, Nigeria.” Internal Medicine Inside, vol.1, no.1, 2013, pp.1-4.
The article discusses the effects of malaria on the blood donors. As malaria is known to cause blood diseases that affect the red blood cells, Zama et al. came up with justifiable findings concerning how malaria can affect the blood, which implies that the illness has an effect on people who want to transfuse their blood to others. The article uses Nigeria as an example. The authors state that malaria has become one of the scattering diseases in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. For an imperative study, the article uses male blood donors between the age of 18 and 25 years, particularly those visiting the blood transfusion centers in Nigeria.
Figure 1: Estimated Incidence of Malaria in 2000 and 2015 (World Health Organization 2015: http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2015/wmr2015-profiles.pdf)
