Levels of Malaria Prevention

Levels of Malaria Prevention
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Levels of Malaria Prevention
Malaria has proven to be a life-threatening disease to many people. It is a disease that is caused by a parasite known as the Plasmodium as a result of an Anopheles mosquito bite. If an infected mosquito bites a human being, the Plasmodium parasite gets into the hosts’ liver and multiplies and destroys the host through infection. Some of the most common symptoms of malaria include fever, headache, and instances of vomiting.
As one of the deadliest diseases, malaria causes more than 80 percent of the global deaths. This makes the disease one of the significant health concerns. Because of this, malaria prevention is of massive importance in the world of today (Otten et al., 2009). Malaria prevention involves several interventions that are geared towards the threats. It has three categories of preventions. These include; primary level, secondary and the tertiary level.
Primary prevention level of malaria involves initiatives that are meant to stop the people from being infected. It is done through behaviors and activities that are intended to prevent the people from being vulnerable to the infection. Some of these methods include immunization, legislations against mosquito bites and education (Danhoundo, Wiktorowiczand Gorman, 2017). It is because it is easier to maintain. Secondary level preventions are meant to reduce the impact that malaria has on the infected patient. They are done through testing and treating the disease as soon as possible.

Some of the methods include examinations and the administration of the low doses. The third level is the tertiary level. This level involves prevention methods that are meant to soften the impact of the ongoing illness (Houngbedji et al., 2015). This is done to help prevent the long-term effects and make the patients manage the diseases better. Some of the methods include life support programs and admissions.
Out of the three levels of malaria prevention, the level that receives the most of the public attention and resources is the first level. The prevention is done so that the number of infected people can reduce and prevent any further occurrences.

References
Danhoundo, G., Wiktorowicz, M., & Gorman, R. (2017). Accountability in malaria prevention and treatment programmes: a review of current challenges. The Lancet Global Health, 5,S3.
Houngbedji, C. A., Prisca, B. N., Hürlimann, E., Yapi, R. B., Silué, K. D., Soro, G., … & N’Goran, E. K. (2015). Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children: a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d’Ivoire. Malaria Journal, 14(1), 7.Otten, M., Aregawi, M., Were, W., Karema, C., Medin, A., Bekele, W., & Low-Beer, D. (2009). Initial evidence of reduction of malaria cases and deaths in Rwanda and Ethiopia due to rapid scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment. Malaria Journal, 8(1), 14.