Programs (Mixed) Flashcards
This program will improve the health status of women, with particular focus on women of reproductive
age (15-44 years), and thereby support the Government’s long-term goals of reducing fertility, female morbidity and maternal mortality.
Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood
Project
was issued in April 2000, creating the
Adolescent and Youth Health Sub-program under the Program for Children’s Health Cluster of Family Health.
Adolescent and Youth Health (AYH) Policy
It is a targeted effort aimed at addressing deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) within a specific population.
MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION PROGRAM
This program addresses the need to help couples and individuals achieve their desired family size within the
context of responsible parenthood and improve their
reproductive health to attain sustainable development.
FAMILY PLANNING
a life threatening disease
caused by a parasite. The parasite is
spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
MALARIA
Mosquito responsible for malaria
ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
Transmission of Malaria
- Anopheles mosquito bites infected person, ingesting parasite along w/ blood
- The mosquito bites someone w/ malaria, it will become infected then it will bite others too
Signs & Symptoms of Malaria
- recurrent fever & chills
- malaise
- anemia
- fatigue
- diarrhea
- breathing problems
Malaria Treatments
- Chloroquine phosphate
- Sulfadoxine
- Primaquine
- Pyrimethamine
- Quinine Sulfate
- Tetracycline
It is a coordinated effort by governments,
organizations, and healthcare agencies to
combat malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious
disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite.
MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAM
Every _____, the
Health Sector celebrates
“World Malaria Day
APRIL 25TH
It is caused by a virus that is transmitted to
humans through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito
DENGUE
Dengue Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Program for dengue
NATIONAL DENGUE CONTROL PROGRAM (NDCP)
Vaccine for dengue
CYD-TDV (dengvaxia)
preventable viral disease most often
transmitted through the bite of a
rabid animal. It infects
the central nervous system of
mammals, ultimately causing disease
in the brain and death.
RABIES
aims to prevent and control
rabies infection by providing and
promoting accessible vaccines, along
with rabies education and awareness to the public
DOH RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM
How is rabies transmitted?
- Direct contact (broken skin or mucous membranes)
- Animal bite
- Petting rabid animal or contact with its blood
