scholarly journals EFEKTIFITAS PENGGUNAAN KELAMBU BERINSEKTISIDA (LLINs) TERHADAP KASUS MALARIA (Studi Di Desa Ngreco Kecamatan Tegalombo Kabupaten Pacitan Tahun 2016)

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizka Ilmawati ◽  
Sri Mardoyo ◽  
Suroso Bambang Eko Warno

ABSTRACTMalaria is a contagious disease that still becomes wide health problem in the world, including Indonesia.In 2014, API of Pacitan was the highest in East Java with 75 patients suffered from malaria. One of the endemicvillage in Pacitan is Ngreco village. Malaria vector control effort undertaken in the village is the use of insecticidetreatedbed nets, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The use of insecticide-treated netseffectively prevent transmission of malaria when supported with good care to insecticide-treated nets.This study aims to determine the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets used by Ngreco Villagecommunity as malaria vector control to the decline in malaria cases. This is a quasi-experimental research. Thedata were collected through interview and sampling. The research sample was 29 homes for interviews and 4insecticide-treated nets used by the community for Bio-assay Test.The results of this study shows a decrease in new case of malaria in 2007-2010 from 23 new cases into2 new cases in 2011 to 2015. The results of efficacy test conducted on four samples of net used by thecommunity showed that net with 30 months of use (effectiveness <80%) are no longer effective to be used as avector control of malaria, while net with 12 months of use (effectiveness> 80%) is still effective to be used asmalaria vector control.The society should pay more attention on how to laundry the net that it is durable as malaria vectorcontrol. The health center needs to conduct controlling of mosquito nets routinely to find out whether the netsare still effective that replacement or dyeing of the of net can be performed.Keywords: Insecticidal mosquito net, effectiveness, malaria

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 493-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel de Deus Vieira ◽  
Sergio de Almeida Basano ◽  
Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa ◽  
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo

Mosquito nets treated with long-lasting insecticide (LLINs), when used in compliance with guidelines of the World Health Organization, may be effective for malaria vector control. In 2012, approximately 150,000 LLINs were installed in nine municipalities in the state of Rondônia. However, no studies have assessed their impact on the reduction of malaria incidence. This study analyzed secondary data of malaria incidence, in order to assess the impact of LLINs on the annual parasite incidence (API). The results showed no statistically significant differences in API one year after LLIN installation when compared to municipalities without LLINs. The adoption of measures for malaria vector control should be associated with epidemiological studies and evaluations of their use and efficiency, with the aim of offering convincing advantages that justify their implementation and limit malaria infection in the Amazon Region.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasir Tajuddeen ◽  
Fanie R. Van Heerden

Abstract Background Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in regions of the world where it is endemic. An unprecedented decline in malaria incidences was recorded during the last decade due to the availability of effective control interventions, such as the deployment of artemisinin-based combination therapy and insecticide-treated nets. However, according to the World Health Organization, malaria is staging a comeback, in part due to the development of drug resistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need to discover new anti-malarial drugs. This article reviews the literature on natural products with antiplasmodial activity that was reported between 2010 and 2017. Methods Relevant literature was sourced by searching the major scientific databases, including Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciFinder, Pubmed, and Google Scholar, using appropriate keyword combinations. Results and Discussion A total of 1524 compounds from 397 relevant references, assayed against at least one strain of Plasmodium, were reported in the period under review. Out of these, 39% were described as new natural products, and 29% of the compounds had IC50 ≤ 3.0 µM against at least one strain of Plasmodium. Several of these compounds have the potential to be developed into viable anti-malarial drugs. Also, some of these compounds could play a role in malaria eradication by targeting gametocytes. However, the research into natural products with potential for blocking the transmission of malaria is still in its infancy stage and needs to be vigorously pursued.


2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (36) ◽  
pp. 22042-22050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Moyes ◽  
Duncan K. Athinya ◽  
Tara Seethaler ◽  
Katherine E. Battle ◽  
Marianne Sinka ◽  
...  

Malaria vector control may be compromised by resistance to insecticides in vector populations. Actions to mitigate against resistance rely on surveillance using standard susceptibility tests, but there are large gaps in the monitoring data across Africa. Using a published geostatistical ensemble model, we have generated maps that bridge these gaps and consider the likelihood that resistance exceeds recommended thresholds. Our results show that this model provides more accurate next-year predictions than two simpler approaches. We have used the model to generate district-level maps for the probability that pyrethroid resistance inAnopheles gambiaes.l. exceeds the World Health Organization thresholds for susceptibility and confirmed resistance. In addition, we have mapped the three criteria for the deployment of piperonyl butoxide-treated nets that mitigate against the effects of metabolic resistance to pyrethroids. This includes a critical review of the evidence for presence of cytochrome P450-mediated metabolic resistance mechanisms across Africa. The maps for pyrethroid resistance are available on the IR Mapper website, where they can be viewed alongside the latest survey data.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Marie ◽  
Raffaele Ronca ◽  
Anne Poinsignon ◽  
Fabrizio Lombardo ◽  
Papa M. Drame ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.D Soma ◽  
B Zogo ◽  
P Taconet ◽  
A Somé ◽  
S Coulibaly ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundTo sustain the efficacy of malaria vector control, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the combination of effective tools. Before designing and implementing additional strategies in any setting, it is critical to monitor or predict when and where transmission occurs. However, to date, very few studies have quantified the behavioural interactions between humans and Anopheles vectors. Here, we characterized residual transmission in a rural area of Burkina Faso where long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) are widely used.MethodsWe analysed data on both human and malaria vectors behaviours from 27 villages to measure hourly human exposure to vector bites in dry and rainy seasons using mathematical models. We estimated the protective efficacy of LLINs and characterised where (indoors vs. outdoors) and when both LLIN users and non-users were exposed to vector bites.ResultsThe percentage of the population who declared sleeping under a LLIN the previous night was very high regardless of the season, with an average LLIN use ranging from 92.43% to 99.89%. The use of LLIN provided > 80% protection against exposure to vector bites. The proportion of exposure for LLIN users was 29-57% after 05:00 and 0.05-12 % before 20:00. More than 80% of exposure occurred indoors for LLIN users and the estimate reached 90% for children under five years old in the dry cold season.ConclusionsThis study supports the current use of LLIN as a primary malaria vector control tool. It also emphasises the need to complement LLIN with indoor-implemented measures such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and/or house improvement to effectively combat malaria in the rural area of Diébougou. Furthermore, malaria elimination programmes would also require strategies that target outdoor biting vectors to be successful in the area.


Author(s):  
Novia Sarmiati ◽  
Erwin Azizi Jaya Dipraja ◽  
La Banudi

Background:According to the World Health Organization (WHO) every day in 2015, around 830 women die from complications of pregnancy and child birth. Globally, maternal mortality in the world is 303,000. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Indonesia based on the Indonesian Health Demographic Survey (IDHS) in 2012 was around 359 / 100,000 live births, this figure increased compared to 2007, which was around 228 / 100,000 live births. Data from Dewi Sartika General Hospital with preeclampsia cases for the last three years. In 2017, the number of births in 1855 who experienced preeclampsia were 305 cases. In 2018 the number of births in 1822 who experienced preeclampsia was 334 cases. In 2019 the number of deliveries in 2007 who experienced preeclampsia was 377 cases. For 2020 January to June number of deliveries695 the incidence of preeclampsia was 164 cases. Methods:This study used a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test control group method design. The population in this study were all 164 preeclampsia patients from August to October 2020. Result:Test data analysis using testwilcoxon test (? = 0.05) in the cucumber group, it was found that p = 0.000 on decreased hemoglobin and increased platelets Conclusion:There is an effect of cucumber on decreasing hemoglobin and increasing platelets in preeclampsia patients at Dewi Sartika General Hospital.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Mark Rowland

Much of the dramatic decline in malaria in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000 is due to the massive investment in long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLIN). According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), over half of Africa's population now has access to LLIN, increasing from 33% in 2010 to 57% in 2019 (WHO 2019). In 2018 alone, 197 million LLINs were delivered to Africa by manufacturers. Despite this, LLIN coverage has improved only marginally since 2015. The malaria burden worldwide has fallen only slightly from an estimated 231 million cases of malaria in 2017 to 228 million in 2018, and is at a standstill in Africa. WHO policy is to assess candidate 2nd-in-class products for entomological efficacy only. Due to the significant variation in the specifications of the candidates, to generate the required assurance of comparative performance to 1st in class, WHO has designed a non-inferiority trial design to demonstrate whether each candidate 2nd-in-class test product is no worse in experimental hut trials.


2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 38-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Warren ◽  
Veronica Lea ◽  
Juliette Lee ◽  
Nathan R. Jones ◽  
Samira Asma ◽  
...  

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the world; yet little is known about the levels or patterns of youth tobacco use on a global basis. The purpose of this paper is to focus on change in youth tobacco use using data from 100 sites that have conducted repeat Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS). The GYTS is a school-based survey that collects data from students aged 13–15 years using a standardized methodology for constructing the sample frame, selecting schools and classes, and processing data. GYTS is conducted in school classes using self-administered anonymous data collection. The GYTS sample produces representative, independent, cross-sectional estimates for each sampling frame. Of the 100 sites surveyed, 61 reported no change over time in prevalence of cigarette smoking, likewise in 50 of the 97 sites with data on use of other tobacco products there was no change. However, 34 sites reported an increase in other tobacco use. This appears to be attributed to waterpipe, an emerging trend in tobacco use. Evidence was found supporting the idea that tobacco use among adolescent girls is likely increasing. The global tobacco control effort continues to face many challenges in reversing the tobacco epidemic. Few countries have implemented comprehensive tobacco control legislation laid out by the World Health Organization. The few countries that have adopted some of these proven policies can serve as examples in achieving positive results in curbing the tobacco epidemic. (Global Health Promotion, 2009; Supp (2): pp. 38–90)


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elodie Ekoka ◽  
Surina Maharaj ◽  
Luisa Nardini ◽  
Yael Dahan-Moss ◽  
Lizette L. Koekemoer

AbstractWith the rapid development and spread of resistance to insecticides among anopheline malaria vectors, the efficacy of current World Health Organization (WHO)-approved insecticides targeting these vectors is under threat. This has led to the development of novel interventions, including improved and enhanced insecticide formulations with new targets or synergists or with added sterilants and/or antimalarials, among others. To date, several studies in mosquitoes have revealed that the 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) signaling pathway regulates both vector abundance and competence, two parameters that influence malaria transmission. Therefore, insecticides which target 20E signaling (e.g. methoxyfenozide and halofenozide) may be an asset for malaria vector control. While such insecticides are already commercially available for lepidopteran and coleopteran pests, they still need to be approved by the WHO for malaria vector control programs. Until recently, chemicals targeting 20E signaling were considered to be insect growth regulators, and their effect was mostly studied against immature mosquito stages. However, in the last few years, promising results have been obtained by applying methoxyfenozide or halofenozide (two compounds that boost 20E signaling) to Anopheles populations at different phases of their life-cycle. In addition, preliminary studies suggest that methoxyfenozide resistance is unstable, causing the insects substantial fitness costs, thereby potentially circumventing one of the biggest challenges faced by current vector control efforts. In this review, we first describe the 20E signaling pathway in mosquitoes and then summarize the mechanisms whereby 20E signaling regulates the physiological processes associated with vector competence and vector abundance. Finally, we discuss the potential of using chemicals targeting 20E signaling to control malaria vectors.


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