Malaria control for ethnic minorities

Towards a malaria-free Viet Nam

6/7/2023 0:0

As Viet Nam approaches elimination, malaria has become rare or non-existent in settled, ethnic majority villages but persists in geographically remote areas inhabited by ethnic minorities. Malaria control is facing a lot of difficulties because of uncontrollable mobilized populations such as forest ...

Malaria migration breeds new cases in new places

4/4/2017 0:0

Although malaria infections continue to fall, Myanmar and its neighbours remain a breeding ground for new and dangerous strains of the disease.

The First Application of Mobile Operator Data in Low- or Middle-Income Countries - Modelling Malaria Parasite Movements Between Zanzibar and the Tanzanian Mainland

21/10/2016 0:0

Prof. Tatem, Director of Flowminder, started working in 2008 on the first application of mobile operator data for any health or development purpose globally. In collaboration with the operator Zantel and together with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, mobile data were used to estimate the movements ...

TIMELINE-The long road to malaria eradication

14/6/2016 0:0

ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world's richest couple, Bill and Melinda Gates, are lending their support to global plans to eliminate malaria, which is back on the world's agenda after being abandoned as too ambitious in 1969.

Bed net plan for underfed kids curbs malaria death

15/1/2016 0:0

Giving extra bed nets tochildrenweakened by lack of food could significantly curb child deaths frommalaria, according to a mathematical model revealed last month.

The Hunt for Malaria: It Takes a Village to Stop a Deadly Disease

16/12/2015 0:0

The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction-The Hunt for Malaria: It Takes a Village to Stop a Deadly DiseaseThe road to Nega Nega is lined with sugarcane, and the air smells like molasses. In this sweet-smelling village in southern Zambia, a remarkable thing is happening. Malaria is on ...

Millennium development goal 6: 15 achievements on HIV and malaria

13/8/2015 0:0

More than 3m deaths from malaria and 22m from TB have been averted, and about 13 million people are on antiretroviral therapy to combat HIV.

Ethnic minorities associated with poverty and disease

14/7/2014 0:0

There are 54 different ethnic minority groups inhabiting Vietnam. The Kinh people (or Viets) account for 85 percent of the country's total population, the others are of ethnic minority groups. Although each group has its own trait and character, the common feature of these ethnic groups is that ...

Drug-resistant malaria on the Cambodian border: a new health challenge

20/12/2013 0:0

Malaria programmes have seen death rates plummet in south-east Asia, but some experts warn radical action is needed to protect the world from an emerging strain.

Anti-malaria competition for ethnic minority in Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province

3/8/2011 0:0

Health education and information communication in malaria control for ethnic minorities in deep-lying and remote areas has been considered an important anti-malaria measure, which helps the people to raise awareness about malaria and change their behaviour to protect themselves as well as their families ...

Roles of Civil-Army health committee at communes, wards and townships levels in caring and protecting the people

9/7/2010 0:0

The Civil-Army health cooperation at the grassroots localities in the recent years has achieved good results in the duty of caring and protecting soldiers and population in the garrisoning area, especially as natural disasters, floods, epidemics occuring. The Civil-Army medical committees at provinces, ...

Civil-Army health cooperation for malaria control along the Vietnamese-Laotian border in Quang Tri province, 2009

11/11/2009 0:0

Various attempts have been made to control malaria for mobilised population, especially those with living habits pushing themselves at risk of getting malaria such as sleeping in the forests, crossing borders. In that context, the cooperation of the civil-army health sectors along the border area of ...

Management of malaria and dengue fever at primary healthcare levels in Van Canh district, Binh Dinh province in 2008

12/6/2009 0:0

Van Canh district is a high endemic area of malaria and dengue fever (DF). In 2008, the IMPE Quy Nhon selected Van Canh district as the plot site for integrating malaria in DF control activities.

Mobilised population in Dak Lak province: Risks of getting malaria

4/5/2009 0:0

So far, iIllegal movements of population from the North to West Highlands have imposed considerable difficulties on not only the governmnent's management but also on health care sectors, especially when there is unavailable and feasible malaria control measures for this group.

Malaria control activities in Central Highlands: difficulties in management of mobilised population

28/4/2009 0:0

In recent years, various measures of malaria control have been applied to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality at the grass-roots levels. However, these measures failed to reach the mobilised population because of numerous reasons.

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