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According to beginning new data cases and death are greatly declining due to drug treatments and mosquito nets.
Rare public health success story: Following the recent WHO report; India has cut malaria cases and death rates by unprecedented 69 percent. This dramatic decline point toward the relevance of a combination of measures that include availability of urgently needed treatment and preventive measures.
Malaria: A Persistent Threat
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Malaria has remained one of the most endemic diseases up to date affecting millions of people across the world. Caused by the infected bite from female anopheles mosquito, malaria presents it self through symptoms such as fever, shivering, sweating, headache, muscle aches, nausea, and vomiting. If not treateed malaria can cause serious problems and even kill the infected person. The disease affects the population particularly the under fives and pregnant women most of the time.
India’s Success Story
According to WHO report India has made good progress in malaria burden reduction has been noted. The following important methods are responsible for this success:
- Effective Drug Treatments: Transmission has also been reduced through the increased use of first-line effective treatments known as Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs).
- Insecticidal Mosquito Nets: Hence, proper deployment or use of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) has been central in eliminating the problem of mosquito bites and transmission.
- Improved Diagnostics: Doing an RDT test early enough has helped in the early diagnosis and subsequently early commencement of treatment.
- Increased Awareness: Awareness creation on signs and symptoms of malaria, preventive measures and how to access appropriate care has also been enhanced through campaign.
Healthy Lifestyle and Protein: Important Allies
However, WHO report emphasizes on the effectiveness of those interventions, but people also have to lead healthy lifestyles, thus supporting the fight against malaria. This way, you will be surprised at how much stronger your immune system is to fight against infections when you are on a diet that has a number of proteins. Protein aids our body to churn out antibodies that know the malaria parasite and ensures that it goes down.
Looking Ahead: Sustainable Efforts
This paper therefore draws useful lessons from the experience of India for other malaria-endemic countries. Though, there is still a long way to go to get rid of this disease entirely. To build on these efforts or to manage newly arising occurrences that may threaten progress, the following are important…
- Drug Resistance: These remain serious threats: the appearance of malaria parasites that are resistant to drugs. Specifically, prospective surveillance focusing on Antimalarial drugs and constant research should be carried out so as to arrive at new effective drugs.
- Climate Change: In regard to this, it is believed that climate change affects the breeding ground and(redis) cycle of mosquitoes that transmit malaria hence increasing the risks that are in some parts of the world. The only sensible approach is the modification of used approaches and the implementation of appropriate measures and activities in high risk zones.
- Community Engagement: They therefore stressed that healthcare education need to go on being implemented in the community to guarantee conformity to preventive measures and proper utilise of available health care facilities.
Conclusion
India has sharply brought down the incidence of malaria cases and deaths; other nations plagued by this disease should look at this success model. In this way the value of increased access to effective treatments, prevention strategies and further research is shown; with these successes, malaria ridden communities around the world can strive forward to a malaria free existence.
