Son Hoa district, Phu Yen province which is mountain area has about 38,000 inhabitant. It belongs to malaria transmission area. malaria detection, diagnosis and treatment became complicated because of P.falciparum resists anti-malaria drugs at high degree (chloroquin 71%, Fansidar 79%), rate of asymtomatic parasitaemia (40-45%). Clinical sysptoms of malaria patients are featureless. Health system, material basis are deficient, degree of health worker is limited; knowledge and managing ability of health personnel are very low. Private pharmacy-medical services haven't been controlled, quality of activities a little effectiveness. People have a limited knowledge about malaria control program and have a difference among ethnic communities
Malaria ; Plasmodium malariae ; diagnosis ; therapeutics

Cross-sectional survey on the effectiveness of the Parascheck Pf tests for malaria rapid diagnosis was carried out in all people lived in malaria areas in the Central and Highland of Vietnam. Comparision of the sensitivity, the specificity, the value of negative prediction and the accuracy of the Paracheck Pf tests between 4 different geographical zones and 2 different malaria areas (stable and unstable malaria areas) showed that there was no significant difference. The rapid Paracheck Pf tests have the sensitivity, specificity, the value of positive and negative prediction and the accuracy of 95.8%, 98.1%, 74.3%, 99.7% and 97.9%, respectively
Malaria ; Therapeutics ; diagnosis

The investigation of natural and social factors health service system, the composition of fever diseases, the characteristics of malaria showed that 80% of population had an awareness on malaria but there is shortening in the state system of antimalaria. Malaria occupies about 90% of total morbidity. Clinically, malaria has 18 kinds of sysptoms, 100% responsive to the MOH procedure of 5 days of artemisinine. The active measures to enhance the efficacy of diagnosis and treatment in the community such as comprehensive surveillance of the malaria control, training of the health staff had reached high efficiency to reduce in incidence to eradicate pernicious malaria within 2 years and to annual the mortality
Malaria ; Fever ; Diseases ; diagnosis ; Therapeutics