malaria: challenges in managing

Question 1

challenges in managing malaria?

Answer 1

1. limitations of hc
2. pop movement due to efficient transport and communications
3. effects of climate change
4. effects of monsoons

Question 2

limitations of hc

Answer 2

• malaria parasites have the ability to develop resistance to anti-malarial drugs due to incomplete treatment of an infected person
• during this, surviving parasites build resistance to drugs

Question 3

population movement due to more efficient transport and communcations

Answer 3

• movement of people across borders for human activities can spread and transmit diseases to new locations
• malaria control programmes become ineffective: harder to monitor movement of people
• volume and speed of movement increases and occurs at larger scale especially because of the ease of travelling with btr transport links between countries and efficiency of modern trans
• border control: controls flow of people, animals, goods across borders
• controls spread of drug- resistant malaria across borders cuz it is able to spread through uncontrolled migration and lack of coordination between countries along border districts
• malaria flourishes along internat borders, can be spread to low transmission areas
• travel advisories: inform travellers about risks of travelling = reduces travel to places with high risk of infections BUT may not be able to reach everyone: cannot reach ppl with no access to news or illiterate

Question 4

effects of climate change

Answer 4

• temperature and rainfall affect behaviour and range of mosquitoes
• increase in temp = breed and mature faster
• increase rain = more stag water
• greater frequency of malaria infection climate change

Question 5

effects of monsoons

Answer 5

• increases during monsoons due to high rainfall
• strong correlated with malaria cases
• more breeding sites, more transmissions