Malaria (ch. 12, Ehiri)

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Globally, women, children, and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are known to bear the great- est burden of malaria morbidity and mortality. List any six factors most peculiar to the region that account for this high burden( (yellow highlights)

List five consequences of malaria infection in children and pregnant women.

An integrated approach is advocated as an efficient and cost-effective strategy for the management of malaria co-infection with HIV/AIDS. Briefly discuss what you understand by integrated management and describe how such an integrated approach might be operationalised in practice.

What are artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) and what are the advantages of their use in the treatment of malaria?

What are the challenges of community delivery of

malaria treatment through existing primary

healthcare systems? Is home treatment of malaria

a better option? Discuss the reasons for your

position.

List six factors that contribute to the worsening

of the global problem of malaria? How can these

be addressed? What should be the role of Roll

Back Malaria initiative in global malaria

control