Improvement of diagnosis of malaria using an innovated LED Light box and microscopy in VanuatuA case report of the field trial and problems
- VernacularTitle:バヌアツ国におけるＬＥＤライトボックス普及による顕微鏡マラリア診断の改善 ‐試行的実施と今後の課題について‐
- Author:
Makoto OWHASHI
;
Masato KAWABATA
;
Akira ISHII
;
George TALEO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malaria;
LED light box;
Vanuatu;
microscopy;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of International Health
2010;25(1):41-45
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Malaria is a parasitic disease of major health significance that arrests the development of the tropical countries.We assembled an innovated LED light box for diagnosis of malaria, and examined for availability of the LED light box in the clinics of malaria endemic area in Solomon islands in the previous study. In the present study, we tried to use the LED light box for the practical use in the clinics with diagnostic service of malaria in Vanuatu (next country of Solomon Islands) for 1 year, and verified the availability and problems of the continual use of the LED light box.We identified the advantage of the use of LED light box in the diagnosis of malaria using microscopy. On the other hand, additional training of basic electricity is needed for microscopists who have little experience for electronics in the course of training of mictroscopists for the practical use of the LED light box.
