The situation of malaria along the Vietnam-Lao PDR border and some related factors.
This was a descriptive cross sectional study. It was done in 4 communes along the Vietnam-Lao PDR border of two mountainous provinces: Sonla and Nghean. The cluster multistage sampling technique was applied to choose the study sites. The results of the study show: Among the 2,441 persons given blood tests to find malaria parasites, 0.7% of them carry malaria parasite, of whom 0.6% carry P. falciparum and 0.1% carry P. vivax. The malaria morbidity in the year was 6.9%. The mortality due to malaria is 1.59 per 100,000 population per year. Among the 106 hamlet motivators being interviewed, only 75.5% knew that malaria is transmitted by mosquitos, 71.7% knew that malaria patients are a source of transmission, over 50% of the motivators have mistaken understanding about the living environment of malaria mosquitos. Most of them have had mistakes in diagnosis, treatment of malaria, mosquito-killing spraying. Among the 729 adults being interviewed, 59.0% did not know about the causes of malaria, 30.7% did not take part in malaria control activities. Only 69.3% of the adults regularly sleep inside mosquito nets, 68% of adults buy medicine to cure malaria, 39.9% referred patients to health facilities for cure, and 25% use forest herbs to cure malaria. The factors that increased the malaria morbidity in communes along Vietnam-Lao PDR border have been identified.
Khai
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PN
Thaibinh Medical College, Vietnam.
Van
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NT
Lua
T T
TT
Huu
V T
VT
Dang
D T
DT
Huong
P T
PT
Salazar
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N
Sukthana
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Y
Singhasivanon
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology