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Malaria - A Manual for Community Health Workers (Paperback)
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Malaria - A Manual for Community Health Workers (Paperback)
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Loot Price R442
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Summary: Explains the many simple things that community health
workers can do to treat malaria, prevent new cases, and thus help
reduce the alarming number of deaths, particularly in young
children and pregnant women. Practical in its approach, the manual
concentrates on activities that are within the competence of health
workers and feasible and affordable at the community level.
Information ranges from a basic explanation of the disease and its
transmission, to tables illustrating correct treatment schedules
for different age groups. The manual, which is abundantly
illustrated, can be used in training courses, as a support to the
health worker's day-to-day activities, or as a tool for health
education in the community. The main purpose is to communicate
basic facts and messages that, if widely understood within a
community, could do much to reduce the incidence and severity of
malaria. Chloroquine is presented as the first-line treatment. The
manual has three parts. The first explains what community health
workers can do to control malaria, and lists the essential
medicines and equipment needed.Part two introduces basic facts
about malaria and the behaviour of mosquitos, and elaborates three
main approaches to malaria prevention in communities. The third and
most extensive part sets out step-by-step instructions for the
recognition and treatment of malaria, giving particular attention
to standard malaria treatment schedules, measures for ensuring
compliance, what to do when standard treatment fails, and how to
recognize, treat, and refer severe cases. The management of malaria
in young children and pregnant women also receives special
attention.
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