MALARIA CONTROL STRATEGIES

Malaria Control Strategies in Nigeria, Africa



Malaria Control Strategies in Nigeria, Africa

Introduction

Malaria is a parasitic disease that causes between 1 million and 3 million deaths each year, mainly African children. Three billion persons—close to 50% of the world's population—live in 107 countries and territories in which malaria is endemic. Most mortality is due to Plasmodium falciparum, a protozoan parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, which is responsible for more than 515 million cases of disease annually: In addition, almost 5 billion febrile episodes resembling malaria, but which cannot be definitively identified as such, occur in endemic areas annually. The ...