Malaria Strategies Need To Target At-Risk Populations, Researchers Say
New strategies are needed to fight malaria in countries with low prevalence, because “pockets of infection remain, mainly among men living or working outdoors,” according to a paper published in The Lancet, BBC News reports. “Those working in forests or plantations, or sleeping in fields overnight to protect crops, are all specific groups — known as ‘hot pops’ (populations),” the news service writes, adding, “Other groups who are disproportionately affected include ethnic or political minorities who are typically poor and often on the move.” Richard Feachem, the study’s lead author and director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, said strategies to fight malaria over the last decade have been very effective, but they “must evolve to respond effectively to the changing patterns of infection in low transmission areas. … More sophisticated and targeted approaches to identifying those people who are infected, and responding promptly and effectively, must be put in place,” according to the BBC. The paper discusses the challenges of malaria drug resistance, changing epidemiology, different malaria parasites, and strategies to combat the disease, the news service notes (4/14).
"Marafiki wa malaria wanahitaji kulenga idadi ya watu walio hatarini, watafiti wanasema, ""Marafiki wapya wanahitajika kupambana na malaria katika nchi zenye kuenea kwa chini, kwa sababu ""vikundi vya maambukizi vinabaki, haswa kati ya wanaume wanaoishi au wanaofanya kazi nje,"" kulingana na karatasi iliyochapishwa katika Lancet, ripoti za BBC News." "Wale wanaofanya kazi katika misitu au mashamba, au kulala mashambani usiku kucha kulinda mazao, wote ni makundi maalum - yanayojulikana kama ""populations"" - huduma ya habari inaandika, ikiongeza, ""vikundi vingine vinavyoguswa sana ni pamoja na wachache wa kikabila au kisiasa ambao kwa kawaida ni maskini na mara nyingi wanahama.""" "Mafunzo ya kisasa zaidi na yaliyokusudiwa kutambua watu hao walioambukizwa, na kujibu haraka na kwa ufanisi, lazima yaingizwe, ""kwa mujibu wa BBC." "Kulingana na ripoti ya jarida la ""The Guardian,"" ripoti hiyo inazungumzia changamoto za upinzani wa dawa za malaria, mabadiliko ya magonjwa ya kuambukiza, vimelea tofauti vya malaria, na mikakati ya kupambana na ugonjwa huo, huduma ya habari inasema."