Title: Baseline survey of malaria elimination in Shaanxi Province
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the status of malaria prevalence and control capability of Malaria Elimination Actionat initial stage in Shaanxi Province,and to provide baseline data for Malaria Elimination. Methods The data of malaria casereport and disposal,pathogen detection,health education,control work and capabilities were collected by the retrospective andfield survey. Results Totally 239 cases were reported in Shaanxi proportion January 2005 to June 2010 with the incidenceof 0.11/100 000. These cases were distributed throughout 30 counties,the proption of cases with plasmodium falciparummalaria,plasmodium vivax malaria and unknown type accounted for 38.91%,9.21% and 51.88%,respectively. 59.83% ofthem were imported cases. The rates of laborartory detection,confirmed diagnosis and standard treatment were 62.76%,48.12%and 80.75%,respectively; the reporting rate within 24 hour,the rate of epidemiological case studies and the rate of treatment ofthe focus of infection were 85.77%,75.31% and 36.82%,respectively; The serum antibody positive rates of local residents andstudents were 0.13% and 0.20%. 100.00% of county- level CDC and medical institutions possessed the ability tomicroscopically detect plasmodium,but that of township hospitals was 45.74%. The rate of traning of malaria control workersand prevention was 40.00% in county-level CDC,21.59% in county-level general hospitals,and 10.07% in township hospitals.The rates of the awareness of malaria diagnosis and treatment among the clinicians in county-level medical institutions were10.64% and 11.86% in township hospitals. The rate of training microscopists in county general hospitals were 11.31% and intownship hospitals was 5.46%. Conclusion Malaria prevalence had been at a relatively low level in Shaanxi Province,butthe ability of malaria prevention and control of the grassroots in diagnosis,health education,malaria prevention capacity-building be further improved.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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