25 April – World Malaria Day

Malaria continues to be one of the most common diseases in the world.. Malaria spread 106 countries, where more than half the world's population lives. Africa annually, Of asia, Latin America and even some European countries get sick annually over 500 million people and about a million of them die from this disease.

Malaria is a disease, caused by blood parasites, that are transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person through the bites of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.

Mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes) widespread throughout the world, they are also found in Belarus. Mosquitoes themselves do not contain malaria pathogens.. To become an infected mosquito, he must drink the blood of a person with malaria.

With the development of tourism, an increasing number of Belarusians travel to malaria-disadvantaged regions and are annually registered in Belarus 10 cases of imported malaria.

The malaria clinic is very diverse.. Its most characteristic signs are febrile seizures with short-term chills, high temperature, headaches and muscle aches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, heart palpitations, urinary retention - a similar condition lasts 6-8 hours and ends with a sharp drop in temperature (to 35-35,6_­­⁰FROM) and profuse sweating; attacks are repeated through 1-2 of the day, but can continue without temperature changes; with untimely treatment, the patient has an enlarged liver and spleen.

The diagnosis is established based on the results of a laboratory study of the blood products of a febrile patient and the same study confirms his recovery after treatment.

Malaria Prevention 2 directions: infection prevention and disease prevention.

Infection prevention malaria includes the protection of the premises against the penetration of carriers (window shading) and protection from their bites (installation of bedside gauze canopies, killing mosquitoes with insecticides using fumigators; outdoor – treatment of open areas of the body with repellent drugs - repellents), creation of unfavorable conditions for the breeding and reproduction of malaria mosquitoes – sanitary-hydraulic, агротехнические, reclamation activities.

Disease prevention. Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, carrying out tour operator and travel agent activities, when organizing a trip to a disadvantaged region for malaria, should instruct in recommended preventive measures for the country visited.

If you have planned a trip to a place, where are malaria cases, consult your doctor about a month before. As prescribed by an infectious disease specialist, taking antimalarial drugs (chymoprophylaxis) one week before departure, entire stay and more 4-6 weeks after returning from malaria-poor region.

After returning within 3 years every time you seek medical help for any disease, resulting in fever, it is necessary to inform the attending physician about your stay in the places where malaria spreads.

From how effective are citizens, traveling to disadvantaged countries, will comply with preventive measures, the preservation of the epidemic welfare of malaria in the Republic of Belarus is largely dependent.

24 April 2020 years from 10 to 12 hours by phone 8(0232) 75-47-92 to questions, concerning the prevention of malaria, Specialists of the Department of Epidemiology of Highly Infectious Infections of the Gomel Regional Center for Central Gene and Health.

Zagortseva Svetlana, doctor-valeologist

(department head

information support)

public health department

Gomel Regional Center for Central Generation and Health