Over the past years, malaria situation in Thua Thien – Hue province has much been improved. The inner malaria prevalence has basically been controlled with the low local transmission in the endemic areas. However, maintenance of the achieved results are facing lots of challenges including unorganized migration of population and illegal border-crossing business. To overcome these difficulties, during the period 2001-2003 the malaria surveillance in 12 communes, along the Vietnamese-Lao border was strengthened with the active participation of both civilian and military health services by Malaria Protection Center of Thua Thien – Hue province
Malaria ; epidemiology ; transmission

Testing 3286 samples of dung at 6 communes of Thua Thien - Hue province during 2001-2002 showed that: the total rate of worm infection was 53.16%, inwhich 38.47% of ascaris infection; 14.12% of trichirura and 11.59% of hook worm. In plain area along the coastline had 50% of ascaris; 23.06% of trichirura and in the delta area had 45.86% of ascaris; 13.23% of trichirura; which were higher than that in mountainous areas. The rate of hook worm infection in mountainous areas was 25.54%. Combined infection of 2 or 3 species of worm accounted for 19.12%.
Parasites ; Infection

Risk of malarial outbreak and measures of malaria control at A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province during 1997-1998. Malaria prevention and control activity at A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province during 1991-1996 improved. The morbidity and mortality decreased gradually, the malaria outbreak did not happen for many years and was stable. However, malaria tended to return during 1997-1998, the outbreak happened. The outbreak surveillance had been applied by looking at monthly malaria chart and compared with +2SD chart. Basing on this basis, the investigation and intervention has been made timely and appropriately to control the outbreak effectively
Malaria ; artesunate

The introduction of permethrine - impregnated bednets has effectively contributed to decrease malaria cases in ethnic communities at Thua Thien - Hue province. Malaria attack rate was 15.05 per thousand in 1992, 8.54 per thousand in 1994, and 3.30 per thousand in 1997
Malaria ; artesunate ; epidemiology

Socailize has important role in building and developing malaria prevention factors in Thua Thien - Hue province. The union, industries have had the specific activities to help socializing effectively malaria prevention acitivity. The results: 100% household sleeping with net. 92.1% of nets available is used and 96.25% of population has knowledge sleeping with net. To socailize effectively malaria prevention activity, in the next time, need to maintain and develop these contents: To promote the role and leader responsibility, population guidance of leaders; To mobilize society contributing the more and more for malaria prevention; To propagate widely to organizations, government and people knowledging the necessary to socialize; To mobilize the economic contribution; To diversify the forms and practical solutions
Malaria ; Public Health ; Disease ; prevention & control

The management and using resources to serve malaria preventive task in Thua Thien Hue has carried the effects in activities, ensuring to develop comprehensive organizational methods, technical and social speciality. Beside of reduced mortality and morbidity target and controlling malaria outbreak, the new target is continously treating malaria and controlling recurrent malaria by building and developing strong malaria preventive factors in communes. The issues need to have the good supports and resources management. Having human resource without material resource or having material resource but reduced human resource will make malaria preventive activities is not effective and quality, malaria will have change to outbreak and recurrent
Malaria ; prevention & control ; disease ; Therapeutics ;

The sudden increase of malaria incidence at village level of several key malaria communes in Thua Thien – Hue province’s A Luoi districts had been observed in 1998-2001. These villages are situated the malaria endemic area along with Vietnam – Lao border. The malaria increase appeared to be seasonal with the number of infected cases exceeding mean + 2SD. It was confirmed that no local transmission was present in the areas though a case of 8 years old child infected with malaria was reported. The risky factors of malaria outbreak in these villages were suggested to be the migration of population, potential malaria sources among people illegally migrated through Vietnam – Lao border and temporarily inhabited in some villages
malaria ; Disease ; Endemic Diseases ; epidemiology ; Disease Outbreaks

The epidemiological surveys and inquest of retrospective data were conducted from 2002 to 2003 in Thua Thien – Hue, results showed that there were 4 patients with chronic complications of lymphatic filariasis in Hue city, Huong Tram district and Nam Dong district. Then the surveys were carried out in 7 communes with 2003 blood firms were taken and examined for microfilariae from November 2002 to April 2003. No positive slide has been found so far
Elephantiasis, Filarial ; Epidemiologic Studies ; Disease

Malaria epidemiological stratification in ThuaThien-Hue province during the years 2003-2004 showed: There were 23 communes with 152 villages in malarial severious endemic areas; 17 communes and towns with115 villages and wards in moderate;9 communes and towns with 90 villages and wards in light; 6 communes and towns with 54 villages and wards in low malarial endemic; 95 communes and towns with 905 villages and wards in free malarial endemic areas. The stratification and interventions would help to develop a more appropriate and sustainable elements for malaria control
malaria ; epidemiology ; Intervention Studies

One of the challenges for the current malaria management in the province of Thua Thien - Hue is imported malaria caused by the movement of population across the Vietnam - Laos border and between the malaria endemic areas from Quang Nam to Quang Tri provinces by the newly constructed route of Ho Chi Minh. Under that circumstance, the active measures have been set up for control and prevention of malaria infection, especially for risk cases. These measures appear to be initially effective. The incidence, fatality has been controlled. The risk of imported malaria has been over. However, those measures need to be sustained in the border areas and the Ho Chi Minh route to maintain the achievements
Malaria ; Therapeutics