Malaria control in complex emergencies : an inter-agency field handbook

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964193203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Geneva, Switzerland], : World Health Organization, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-43633-6; 9786610436330; 92-4-068087-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxiv, 218 p. : ill. (some col.)
• Disciplina: 614.5/32
• Soggetti: Malaria - Prevention; Epidemics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Glossary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Initial assessment and planning -- Chapter 3 Surveillance -- Chapter 4 Outbreak preparedness and response -- Chapter 5 Case management -- Chapter 6 Prevention -- Chapter 7 Community participation and health education -- Chapter 8 Operational research -- I Resources and web addresses -- II Example consent form for surveys -- III Worksheet Rapid cross sectional malaria prevalence survey -- IV Safety of antimalarial drugs for treatment and/or prophylaxis during pregnancy breastfeeding and early childhood -- V Dosage schedules for oral antimalarial drugs -- VI Entomological investigations -- VII Questions to guide a rapid qualitative assessment of social, economic and cultural aspects of malaria -- VIII A checklist for effectively responding to malaria epidemics.
• Sommario/riassunto: This inter-agency handbook focuses on effective malaria control responses to complex emergencies, particularly during the acute phase when reliance on international humanitarian assistance is greatest. It provides policy-makers, planners, field programme managers and medical coordinators with practical guidance on designing and ; implementing measures to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality. Such measures must address the needs of both the displaced and the host populations and must accommodate the changes in those needs as an acute emergency evolves into a more stable situation. A glossary is provided at the beginning of the handbook and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of several chapters.