1. Ololade Akinfegbe April 24 2011 Walden University

2. Prevention of malaria: ->To equip stakeholders with all necessary information on how to prevent malaria

3.  Rural dwellers  Community health workers  Non-governmental organizations.

4.  Malaria: life-threatening parasitic infection.  Prevention: keeping of something from happening.  Stakeholders: A person, group, or organization

5.  Major health problem in Nigeria -> 50% of out-patients visits -> 15% of hospital admission, -> One of the top three causes of death. Reference  (Alaba and Alaba 2009).

6.  There are more than 225 million cases of malaria each year,  killing around 781,000 people each year.  Majority of deaths are of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa  References: WHO(2010)  (Oyewole.I.O, Ogunnowo A. A, Ibidapo.C. A., Okoh H. I,. Awolola T. S and Adedayo M. A. 2010)

7.  Plasmodium parasite: can be contracted by sharing needles, transfusions or via the placenta.  Malaria transmission: -> Influenced by climate. -> High humidity  Human malaria: ->Plasmodium ovale, ->P. malariae, ->P. vivax, ->P. falciparum Reference  Salako, Ajayi, Sowunmi and Walker (1990)

8.  Malaria can cause: -> Fever -> Shivering -> Joint pain -> Anorexia -> Vomiting -> Malaise ->Anemia ->Convulsions

9.  Primary prevention  Secondary prevention  Tertiary prevention

10. Some primary prevention methods include:  Vector control targeted at the environment  Use of insecticide treated nets  Indoor residual spraying using DDT  Larval control  Protective clothing Reference Hunponu-Wusu (2009)

11. The main secondary form of prevention is chemoprophylaxis use to suppress malaria  Drugs : -> Oral quinine -> Doxycycline -> Mefloquine -> Atovaquone -> Proguanil -> Artemether-lumefantrine

12.  Prompt diagnosis  Early treatment of the disease  Reduction of complications. Reference Nyamongo.I (2002).

13.  In conclusion malaria is a deadly but preventable disease which could be totally eradicated if necessary preventive measures are taken especially at the primary level with the help of our stakeholders.

14.  Alaba. A, Alaba. B (2009). Malaria in Rural Nigeria: Implications for the millennium development goal. Volume 21, Issue 1, pages 73-85  Business dictionary. Retrieved on April 23, 2011from: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/stakeholder.html http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/stakeholder.html  Miller-Keane (2003) Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, 7th Edition. Saunders imprint of Elsevier, Inc.  Nyamongo.I (2002). Health care switching behavior of malaria patients in a kenyan rural community. Social science and medicine. 54 (3) 377-86  Oyewole.I.O, Ogunnowo A. A, Ibidapo.C. A., Okoh H. I, Awolola T. S and Adedayo M. A. (2010) Epidemiology of malaria and insecticide resistance burden in Nigeria. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology Vol. 3(1), pp. 6–12  Salako. L, Ajayi. F, Sowunmi.A, Walker. O. (1990) Malaria in Nigeria. 84(5):435-45.  World Health Organization (2010) world malaria report. Retrieved on April 23, 2011 from: http://www.who.int/malaria/world_malaria_report_2010/worldmalariareport2010.pdf