Overview

Malaria is the leading parasitic infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. Pregnant women and children under the age of five years, especially infants, are the most vulnerable. In SSA where 90% of the global burden of malaria is concentrated, at least one child dies of malaria every 40 seconds. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) describes the administration of a full course of anti-malarial drugs to the population at risk at specified time intervals, irrespective of whether or not one is infected. Drug resistance, especially multi-drug resistance, and difficulties in eradicating the mosquito vector have been the basis of malaria resurgence over the past 30 years. In addition, massive problems with logistics, planning, allocation of resources and a lack of operational research have contributed greatly to the failure of malaria eradication. This book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field.

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Author:   Emanuel Csizmadia ,  Istvan Kalnoky
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.636kg
ISBN:  

9781607414322

ISBN 10:   1607414325
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   24 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Efficacy, Safety and Costs of Intermittent Presumptive Treatment for Malaria in Tanzania: Beliefs, Attitudes, Experiences, and Views of Service Providers and Users; A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Malaria: Reversal of Quinoline Resistance; Acceptability of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) for Malaria in Infants (IPTi) in Tanzania: Lessons to learn from IPT in Pregnancy (IPTp) in Mkuranga and Mufindi Districts; Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy: Review of Prospects, Achievements, Challenges and Agenda for Research; SFC-MS Analysis of Contaminants in Primaquine Diphosphate Tablets and Spectral UV and NMR Characterising of Primaquine and Quinocide; Artemisia Annua: AProgram of Local Production for Treatment of Malaria in Poorest Countries; Quinine Toxicity and Cinchonism; Antimalarial Peroxides: From Artemisinin to Synthetic Peroxides; Antimalarial Resistance and Treatment of Malaria in Clinical Practice in Thailand; Biochemoinformatics Technology and Malarial Vaccine; Index.

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