Malaria epidemiolgy in Tuyen Quang province, 2003
- Author:
Nguyen Dac Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malaria, epidemiology
- MeSH:
malaria;
epidemiology;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(4):11-14
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In 2003, due to practice effectively malaria prevention programs and intensify supervise malaria epidemiology that malaria prevention in Tuyen Quang provice had good results, gained 3 aims: malaria morbidity reduced 28%, malaria mortality 0%. Malaria epidemiology was stable in Tuyen Quang. However, in 15 malaria parasites in Tuyen Quang in 2003, there was 14 was exotic malaria parasites from the South and other provinces. Therefore, in the later years, beside the investigation, management of Ministy of Health, the government project for malaria prevention, National Institute of Malariology - Parasitology - Entomology, Tuyen Quang needed to implement well malaria epidemiological surveillance in basic levels and malaria preventive plan to maintain gained malaria preventive results
