ROLL BACK MALARIA

AND STOP TB
Presented by: Group 1
WHAT IS
MALARIA?
Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease
caused by a parasite that commonly infects a
certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans.
People who get malaria are typically very sick with
high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness.
WHAT ARE
THE
SYMPTOMS OF
MALARIA?
Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-
like illness, including shaking chills,
headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.
Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also
occur.

REMINDERS
FOR MALARIA:
Malaria is a potentially
serious parasitic infection
transmitted through the bite
of an infected mosquito.
•Malaria is different
from Dengue.
•It nearly kills 1 million a
year.
•People get malaria by
being bitten by an
infective female
Anopheles mosquito.
•Severe complications of
malaria can occur within
hours or days of the first
symptoms.
•Go to the nearest
Hospital/Clinic if ever the
symptoms occur.
 MALARIA:
PREVENTIONS AND
TREATMENTS
Although it kills nearly one million people every year, malaria
is preventable and curable. Some of the main methods of
prevention are:

• Insecticide-treated bed nets.

• Health Education.
• Environmental methods;
Getting rid of pools of stagnant water and clearing bushes from around
houses
 MALARIA:
PREVENTIONS AND
TREATMENTS
Although it kills nearly one million people every year, malaria
is preventable and curable. Some of the main methods of
prevention are:

•The following ACTs are recommended:

- Artemether + lumefantrine; artesunate +
amodiaquine; artesunate + mefloquine; artesunate +
sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and dihydroartemisinin +
piperaquine.
(DOH RECOMMENDED.)
 HOW IS MALARIA
TREATED?
There are several efficient medications available to treat malaria, but prompt
diagnosis and treatment are crucial.
Getting to a clinic late results in the majority of children's fatalities from acute
malaria.
Malaria can typically be cured if treated promptly, although some varieties of
the disease can be lethal within days or even hours once they emerge.
Those who live may nevertheless experience long-term health issues.
 WHAT IS
TUBERCULOSIS?
Tuberculosis (TB)
is a disease caused by germs that are spread from
person to person through the air.
TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other
parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the
spine.
OW TB SPREADS?

TB is spread through the air from one person to

another. The TB germs are passed through the air
when someone who is sick with TB disease coughs,
laughs, sings, or sneezes. If you breathe air that has
TB germs, you may get TB infection.
 LET’S DISCUSS!
WHAT’S THE MAIN COURSE OF TB?
TUBERCULOSIS (TB) IS CAUSED BY A TYPE OF
BACTERIUM CALLED MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS. IT'S SPREAD WHEN A PERSON
WITH ACTIVE TB DISEASE IN THEIR LUNGS
COUGHS OR SNEEZES AND SOMEONE ELSE
INHALES THE EXPELLED DROPLETS, WHICH
CONTAIN TB BACTERIA.
 WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS OF TB?

The general symptoms of TB disease include

feelings of sickness or weakness, weight loss,
fever, and night sweats. The symptoms of TB
disease of the lungs also include coughing,
chest pain, and the coughing up of blood.
TREATMENTS FOR TB:

(AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION)

The most common treatment for active TB

is isoniazid INH in combination with three

other drugs—rifampin, pyrazinamide and

ethambutol.
TREATMENTS FOR TB:
BCG vaccine

Description:

Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine is a vaccine

primarily used against tuberculosis. It is named after

its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.

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