Malaria in the 1000 hills countryby | 12-03-2016 01:20 |
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  Rwanda is a country known to the name of 1000 hills country, due to the relief predominated by high altitudes lands. It is found a little bit under the equator hence its equatorial climate. It is colder than hot in most of the year. Its climate is favorable for farming. Reason why, the economy of Rwandans bases upon agriculture. The recent demographic census showed the number of 11.34 million of people on 26,338km2 of area. According to EDPRS II (economic development and poverty reduction strategies), the government of Rwanda has subdivided the population into 7 categories of economic status. The category 1 is the poorest and so on. One of the criteria is the ability to pay the mutual health insurance. Mutual health is gratuitous for people in the first two categories, 3000rwf in the two second categories and 7000rwf in the last categories. Mutual health is the indicator of the healthy Rwanda though statistics show some who don't afford it. According to scidev.net malaria is a consequence of climate change, due to the favorable conditions of the anopheles (female mosquito carrier of plasmodium) lives in. Plasmodium, the causal parasite of malaria has got 5 species: -P. Falciparum -P. vivax -P. ovale -P. malariae -P. knowlesi (less obvious in Rwanda) The most recurrent is P. Falciparum. Malaria has been an endemic disease in Rwanda. The government of Rwanda has set strategies to fight malaria: - Distribution of mosquito nets especially to pregnant women -Community education about malaria -Cutting bushes in the surrounding on UMUGANDA program (the program of public works conducter by every Rwandan at the last Saturday) -Use of insecticides... However, some hospital cases show that it has comeback in these months. What is the reason? is that people do not take thoroughly the medications? Is that plasmodia resisted to antimalarials already in use? Is that most of the drugs used cannot have effect in the non-erythrocytic cycle of malaria (cannot act in the liver)? Still research is conducted and everyone must be involved for the betterment of Rwanda. |
