What is it about?
The looked into the role of socioeconomic factors responsible for the observed difference in malaria prevalence between selected rural and urban areas of Anambra, Nigeria
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Why is it important?
Despite the findings of numerous studies showing that socioeconomic factors contribute significantly to the incidence/prevalence of malaria, current malaria control programs in Nigeria and even globally have remained based on approaches such as health education, provision of insecticide treated nets, early detection and treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy including intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women. These are all important but sadly, adequate attention has not been paid to socioeconomic factors that have been noted as being crucial to the persistence of malaria and in fact, to its rising incidence/prevalence thus, accounting for the ‘failure’ of the existing interventions.
Perspectives
There is a strong need to take a hard look at the existing malaria control strategies in Nigeria and understand that not much progress has been made in this direction all these years. A new approach to malaria control must encompass improving the socioeconomic status of the victims. This will enable them have access to basic needs like good nutrition for stronger immunity, comfortable accommodation that reduce breeding spots for mosquitoes, education for better understanding of malaria and its transmission dynamics.
Professor Prosper Obunikem Adogu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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This page is a summary of: Socioeconomic Determinants of Malaria in Selected Urban and Rural Areas in Anambra State, Nigeria, International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, December 2020, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2230412.
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