MALARIA IN ZANZIBAR AND TREATMENT A Dissertation.
The country suffers from a high burden of communicable diseases, primarily “malaria, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, onchocerciasis, leprosy and diarrheal and respiratory diseases” (WHO, 2005, p.1). Malaria is Angola's leading cause of morbidity and mortality and poses a large threat to the whole population, specifically children.MALARIA Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. In 1880, scientists discovered that the cause of malaria is a one-cell parasite called plasmodium. Later they discovered that the parasite is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, which requires blood to nurture her eggs.The majority of the 660,000 recorded malaria-related deaths occur in sub-Saharan. Africa. Hence, this dissertation focuses on factors affecting malaria prevention and. treatment in Zanzibar, Tanzania, one area in sub-Saharan Africa.
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by the coccidian protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, and transmitted by Anopheles spp. Human malaria can be caused by Plasmodium falciparum, P. ovale, P. vivax and P. malariae (Fig. 111.1), but clusters of malaria caused by P. knowlesi jumping species from long-tailed macaque monkeys to men have been described in South East Asia. 1 The life cycle of the.Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. Malaria is a very widespread disease in the tropics and subtropics regions of the world including Africa, South Asia, and South and Central America, affecting over 650 million people and killing 1 to 3 million.
Knowledge of Malaria Infection and Treatment-Seeking Behavior Among Tanzanian Pregnant Women by Emebet Derjew MPH, Walden University, 2012 B.S., University of Central Missouri, 2002 Dissertation Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Walden University June 2017.
