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Eric Adjei, MPH StudentWalden University
November, 2010
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Agenda
Overview of malaria
Malaria during pregnancy
Prevention and Control
Summary
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Expected Learning Outcomes
Appreciate the danger of malaria in pregnancy
Protect yourself and the unborn child
Access antenatal care
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Overview of Malaria
Definition
Causative organism Plasmodium parasites
World Health Organization (2010). Current Global Malaria Situation. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_892.pdf
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Cont.
Mode of transmission
Female Anopheles mosquitoes
Influential factors
World Health Organization (2010). Current Global Malaria Situation. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_892.pdf
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Cont.
Significance
Most Vulnerable segment of the population Pregnant women
Children
World Health Organization (2010). Current Global Malaria Situation. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_892.pdf
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Malaria During Pregnancy
Lives at risk Pregnant women
Most common causative parasite P. falciparum
Gajida, A. U., Iliyasu, Z., Zoakah, A. I. ( 2010). Malaria among antenatal clients attending primary health care facilities in Kano state, Nigeria. Annals of African Medicine, 9(3),188-193. DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68352
Newman, R.D., Robalo, M., Quakyi, I. ( 2004). Malaria during pregnancy: epidemiology, current prevention strategies, and future directions. Emerg Infect
Dis [serial on the Internet]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no11/04-0624_09.htm
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Cont. Effects on Maternal health
Anaemia Still birth Premature delivery Neonatal death Placental malaria
Newman, R.D., Robalo, M., Quakyi, I. ( 2004). Malaria during pregnancy: epidemiology, current prevention strategies, and future directions. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no11/04-0624_09.htm
World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
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Cont.
Effects on infant health Intrauterine growth retardation Prematurity Abortion Congenital infection
Marchesini, P., Crawley, J. (2004). WHO: Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/atoz/merajan2003.pdf World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
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Prevention and Control of Malaria During Pregnancy
Different preventive measures
Marchesini, P., Crawley, J. (2004). WHO: Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/atoz/merajan2003.pdf
World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
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Cont.
Areas of low or unstable transmission
Anti-malaria drug
Appropriate supportive treatment
Marchesini, P., Crawley, J. (2004). WHO: Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/atoz/merajan2003.pdf
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Cont.
Areas of high or stable transmission
Intermittent preventive treatment
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
Insecticide treated bed nets
Newman, R.D., Robalo, M., Quakyi, I. ( 2004). Malaria during pregnancy: epidemiology, current prevention strategies, and future directions. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no11/04-0624_09.htm
World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
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Cont. Effective case management of malaria illness and anaemia
Iron supplementation
Screening for anaemia
World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
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Conclusion
Malaria infection can be fatal
Malaria poses a threat to pregnant women
Malaria is preventable
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Thank You
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References World Health Organization (2010). Current Global Malaria Situation. Retrieved from
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_892.pdf
Gajida, A. U., Iliyasu, Z., Zoakah, A. I. ( 2010). Malaria among antenatal clients attending primary health care facilities in Kano state, Nigeria. Annals of African Medicine, 9(3),188-193. DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68352
Newman, R.D., Robalo, M., Quakyi, I. ( 2004). Malaria during pregnancy:
epidemiology, current prevention strategies, and future directions. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no11/04-0624_09.htm
World Health Organization (2004). A strategic framework for malaria prevention and
control during pregnancy in the African region. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/afro/2004/AFR_MAL_04.01.pdf
Marchesini, P., Crawley, J. (2004). WHO: Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/atoz/merajan2003.pdf
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Cont.World Health Organization (2010)
. Third meeting of the rbm partnership malaria in pregnancy. Retrieved from http://rbm.who.int/partnership/wg/wg_pregnancy/docs/MPWG_3MeetingMinutes.pdf
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Sources for Further ReadingHelen, L. G.& Robert, W. S. ( 2004). Impact of Malaria during Pregnancy on
Low BirthWeight in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clinical Microbiology, 17(4), 760-769. DOI:10.1128/CMR.17.4.760-769.2004. Retrieved from http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/17/4/760?view=long&pmid=1548 9346
UNICEF (2009). Health- Malaria. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/health/index_malaria.html
USAID (2009). Infectious Disease: Malaria in Pregnancy. Retrieved from http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/id/malaria/techareas/pregnancy.html
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( 2010). Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria for Pregnant Women (IPTp). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/iptp.html