
- preventing infection, by avoiding bites by parasite-carrying mosquitoes, or
- preventing the disease, by using anti-malarial drugs. The drugs do not prevent initial infection through a mosquito bite, but they prevent the development of malaria parasites in the blood, which are the forms that cause disease. This type of prevention is also called suppression.
- vector control
- personal protection measures such as insecticide-treated bed nets.
- preventive treatment with anti-malarial drugs of vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, who receive intermittent preventive treatment.
The main activities necessary for carrying out malaria control interventions are:
- Health education where the masses are informed of what they can do to prevent & treat malaria.
- Training & supervision of health workers, to ensure that they carry out their tasks correctly.
- Provision of equipment & supplies (e.g., microscopes, drugs, bed nets) to allow the health workers & the communities to carry out the interventions.
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