Malaria Control in Nigeria

Um, Chukwuocha

doi:10.4172/2167-1079.1000118

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“…16,17 There is need to reduce childhood mortality from malaria through measures like the use of insecticide-treated nets, indoor spraying, early diagnosis with rapid diagnostic test kits and prompt treatment with the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy that are in place in many malaria-endemic countries. 18 However, utilization of these modalities are still not optimal in Nigeria 18-21 thus raising the need to investigate and identify the human, socio-economic and community factors that may be mitigating their utilization.…”

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Paediatric brought-in-dead at a tertiary health facility in South western Nigeria: Patterns and drivers

Olatunya¹,

Babatola²,

Adeniyi³

et al. 2021

Nig. J. Paed.

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Background: ‘Brought- in-dead’ (BID) refers to the demise of an individual before presentation to a health facility. This study assessed the pattern of paediatric BID cases seen at a tertiary health facility in southwest Nigeria. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was done at the Children Emergency Ward (CEW) of the hospital between January 2014 and December 2018. The patterns of BID cases and presumed causes of death were determined using a standardized checklist adapted from the WHO verbal autopsy instrument. Results: Ninety-eight BID cases were seen during the study, constituting 2.5% of total patients seen during the period. The median (IQR) age of cases was 24.0 (8.75 – 63.0) months and 72.4% were under-fives. Most had symptoms related to the haematologic (36.7%), respiratory (24.5%) or digestive (20.4%) systems. Severe anaemia 31(31.6%), gastroenteritis 19 (19.4) and aspiration 17 (17.3%) were the most common causes of death. The median (IQR) duration of illness before presentation was 3.0 (1.0 – 7.0) days but most presented from 4 – 7 days of illness. A significant relationship was found between the duration of illness and whether or not pre-hospital treatment was received (p < 0.0001). Unprescribed drugs purchased over the counter were the most commonly used treatment in 79.1% of cases (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: This study has highlighted the prevalence and pattern of paediatric BID in a tertiary health facility in southwest Nigeria and the factors that were associated with it. More efforts need to be geared towards community sensitization and pediatric health care to prevent factors drivingits menace.

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Paediatric brought-in-dead at a tertiary health facility in South western Nigeria: Patterns and drivers

Olatunya¹,

Babatola²,

Adeniyi³

et al. 2021

Nig. J. Paed.

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“…Although several opponents of self-medication agree to its potentials they however still possess valid arguments on its inability to do much in the fight against malaria in Nigeria. One of such is captured by Chukwuocha (2012) who opines that despite several efforts being put in place to control malaria in Nigeria, several setbacks have been encountered which have actually made effective and sustainable control of the diseases a mirage because a good number of malaria treatments occur at home. The majority rural dwellers lack basic education required to read and stick to instructions stipulated, thereby encouraging the irrational use of antimalarial (p.12).…”

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Audience Awareness and Responses of Accompanying Warnings on Malaria Medication Adverts

Ruth¹,

Allen²,

Austine³

2021

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Malaria disease is considered a global epidemic owing to the worrisome statistics in its mortality rate. In Nigeria, one of the efforts designed to combat this was enlisting malaria medication as an over-the-counter medication to make it accessible to all and sundry. To check the abuse of the medication, adverts for malaria medication often carry a caveat that require that the user consults a doctor should the symptoms persist after three days. This study evaluated the extent to which the audience are aware of and adhere to this caveat. Employing the potentialities of the survey design, it collected data from 500 residents of North Central Nigeria who constituted the population of the study. Premised on the Theory of Reasoned Action, the study found out among others that the first response to malaria symptoms amongst 82% of the respondents, is self-medication. Also, despite the respondents' high exposure to the caveat (91%), there is an abysmally low adherence as only 16% of the respondents attested to a regular compliance. The study thus concluded that while direct to consumer advert for malaria medication may be important for the audience as well as pharmaceutical companies, it inadvertently serves the dysfunctional purpose of promoting unsafe self-medication. The study recommended that advertisers should modify the caveat to emphasize on the severity of non-adherence; possibly similar to that used by tobacco companies which states that' smokers are liable to die young'.

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“…According to the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health in 2011, more than 50.0% of Nigerians have at least one type of the aforementioned mosquito-borne diseases, making them the most significant vectors of public health concern in Nigeria. The various mosquito nesting locations and human contact with adult female mosquito vectors contribute to the high transmission rate and incidence of mosquito-borne diseases (Chukwuocha, 2012). As a result, vector control is at the heart of vector control initiatives (Olagundoye & Adesoye, 2023) Published work, particularly on baseline data that can improve mosquito management in Jigawa State, is insufficient.…”

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Species Composition and Abundance of Indoor Adult Resting Mosquitoes in the Male Students' Hostel at Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria

Adeniyi,

Adesoye,

Muzammil

et al. 2024

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The presence of mosquitoes in an academic environment is a great threat to both staff and students’ wellbeing due to the possibility of the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases if bitten by infected mosquitoes. Thus, this study surveyed mosquitoes in male students’ hostels in Federal University of Dutse Jigawa State. The study was carried out using the pyrethroid spray catch method from 0600 hours to 0900 hours. A total of nine hundred and eighty-nine mosquitoes were collected. The predominant specie was Culex quinquefasciatus (61.53%) had a mean value of 152.25±0.20 which was significantly higher (P˂0.05) than Culex papien 7.59%, Aedes aegypti (13.0%) and then Anopheles gambiae (s.l) (7.0%) while there was the least with Ae. albopictus with 0.7% value. Mosquitoes’ abundance significantly varied (P<0.05) with the altitude of building floors in favour of ground floor hostel rooms. Transmission indices revealed two (2) mosquitoes/room and as well as one (1) mosquito/student. Up to 50% of mosquitoes caught were from rooms where no insecticide aerosols were used. About 19% of mosquitoes were caught from such rooms where the use of insecticide-treated bed nets and aerosol insecticide were used. Owing to the results recorded in this study, male students living in the hostel should avoid human-vector contact through the informed use of insecticides and treated bed nets.

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Malaria Control in Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Paediatric brought-in-dead at a tertiary health facility in South western Nigeria: Patterns and drivers

Paediatric brought-in-dead at a tertiary health facility in South western Nigeria: Patterns and drivers

Audience Awareness and Responses of Accompanying Warnings on Malaria Medication Adverts

Species Composition and Abundance of Indoor Adult Resting Mosquitoes in the Male Students' Hostel at Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria

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