Prevention

• Take care of personal hygiene.
• Take care of clothing hygiene.
• Take care of household hygiene, both indoors and outdoors.
• Cover up with clothing when bathing outdoors.
Cover arms and legs with clothing when playing or working outdoors.
• Eliminate breeding grounds, puddles, stagnant water, etc.
• Avoid going out at dusk and dawn.
• Use repellent suitable for the local environment. For example, lemon is used in Latin America.
• Use approved insecticide spray inside homes.
• Use mesh screens on windows and mesh curtains on doors.
• Sleep under mosquito nets.
• Take seasonal preventive medication (under medical surveillance).
• Get vaccinated in countries with vaccination programs.

Detecting

• Choose the program leader to eliminate Malaria from a community.
• Inform my family of my symptoms.
• Inform the program leader of the symptoms.
• Register the name of the patient and locate their house on the community map.
• Guide the patient.
• Provide rapid Malaria diagnostic tests (RDT).
• Confirm within the first 24 hours with parasitological methods.
• Facilitate access to health centres or mobile clinics.

Treatment

• Take the appropriate treatment for each area and for each person, such as infants under 6 months, children, adults, pregnant women, and individuals with other illnesses.
• Follow the recommendations of the WHO and the guidelines of each country, under medical discretion.
• Explain the possible side effects such as stomach pain or vomiting.
• Explain the importance of completing the full treatment. 

Recovery

• Malaria causes hemolytic anemia.
• The WHO recommends getting a hemoglobin test when undergoing malaria diagnostic testing.
• Risk factors that favor severe anemia: recurrent infections, poor nutrition, low weight and rickets, HIV co-infections, bacteremia, and intestinal worms that alter iron metabolism.
• Strengthen the immune system with nutrients: iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, vitamin A, zinc, vitamin C.
• Adequate nutrition, using local ingredients, to restore acceptable iron levels.
• Hydration: oral and intravenous fluids.
• Support from healthcare personnel with medications and assistance.

Who is at risk? 
Anyone who is bitten by a mosquito infected with the parasite. 


Who is at higher risk of developing severe forms of the illness?

  • Babies.
  • Children under 5 years old.
  • Pregnant women.
  • People with HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases.
  • Individuals living in rural areas with limited access to healthcare centres.

Key factors for countries that have eliminated or eradicated Malaria, such as China:

  • Government support.
  • Development of a national health service action plan.
  • Inclusion of Malaria education in the school curriculum.
  • Poverty reduction.
  • Improved access to healthcare centres.
  • Monitoring and evaluating progress.
  • Availability of artemisinin-based medicines.
  • Availability of insecticide-treated bed nets.
  • Availability of diagnostic tests.
  • Cooperation and collaboration between bordering communities.