Health Flashcards
Impacts of malaria?
-people unable to work, less money made
-mosquito breeding season coincides with harvest time
-reduces tourism
-lower literacy rate
-strain on healthcare
Causes of malaria?
-parasites of the genus plasmodium
-spread by female anopheles mosquito
-mosquitos breed in stagnant water
-mosquitos are resistant to certain insecticides including ddt, malaria itself is resistant to certain drugs as well
-climate must have moderate rainfall and temperatures of 15 to 40 degrees Celsius
-mosquitos are most active dusk to dawn
houses create shade for the mosqutos to rest
in more deproved areas there is poorer sanitation and more stagnent water
Responses to malara
-Draining stagnant water
-education
-covering skim
-nets while sleeping
-drugs such as quinine
-realising water from dams to drown larvae
-small fish to eat the larvae
-planting eucalyptus trees to absorb moisture
-infecting coconuts with BTI to eradicate mosquitoes as the larvae eats the bacteria which destroys their stomach lining
Effectiveness of some of these stratagies
-Malathion is expensive so many people in a developing country may be unable to afford
-draining stagnant water would have to be done regularly therfore is time consuming
-ddt is harmful to the environment
-spraying egg whites is wasteful
-adding fish has been successful, locals can also eat them providing a food source
-many see vaccines as rhe aah forward
-mosquito nets are cheap and easy to use
-insect repellent contain deet which mosquito do not like
Primary healthcare strategies?
-barefoot doctors
-oral rehydration therapy
-education
-profamillia
-vaccinatiom programmes
