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Headline Malaria in the WHO African Region

Description Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. Symptoms of malaria include fever, headache, and vomiting, and usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the mosquito bite. If not treated, malaria can quickly become life-threatening by disrupting the blood supply to vital organs. In many parts of the world, the parasites have developed resistance to a number of malaria medicines. Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes.

Near Bobo-Dioulasso, an OCCGE entomologist and two insect collectors work on the banks of the Black Volta (OCCGE : Organization for Coordination and Cooperation in the fight against Great Endemics). The entomologist is checking the humidity and temperature in order to determine the conditions most attractive to malaria mosquitoes. His assistants are collecting mosquitoes that will be analysed in the OCCGE laboratories at Bobo-Dioulasso.

Asset date 01/01/1958

Country, area, WHO office Burkina Faso

WHO Region AFRO

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