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African Malaria Day 2007 pushes for global awareness and action (Part 2 of 2)
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UNICEF Chief of the Health Section Peter Salama, talks about UNICEF's role in Africa Malaria Day.
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UNICEF's Chief of the Health Department, Peter Salama,
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talks about Africa Malaria Day
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and the important methods being used to fight the deadly disease.
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Africa Malaria Day is a key day to remember all of the children
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that die every year from malaria.
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And it's a coordinated set of activities that go on all over the world
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to mark solidarity with African children
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who die in the numbers of more than 800,000 every year of malaria.
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There are four key measures to protect children against malaria.
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The first is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets
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to prevent the mosquito actually biting children.
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And that really is a key control measure for malaria.
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Secondarily, and most importantly, the use of effective drugs
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once children are showing the signs and symptoms of malaria.
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And that includes artemisinin-based combination therapies
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which are a new and very effective treatment for malaria.
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Thirdly, we do support something called
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intermittent presumptive treatment for malaria.
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And that's basically giving women twice during the course of their antenatal period
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prior to delivery, a course of treatment for malaria,
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which actually has the effect of improving their own health
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but also improving the health of newborns.
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And lastly, UNICEF also supports in certain circumstances,
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particularly unstable malaria environments,
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the use of indoor residual spraying.
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That's insecticide treatment for reducing mosquito populations.
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UNICEF will prioritize this program over the next few years
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as a key component of our integrated work on child survival.
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So that includes health programs, water and sanitation programs,
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and nutrition programs, and malaria is a key component of those.
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- Nivel Intermedio
- Autor/es:
- UNICEF
- Subido por:
- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
- Visualizaciones:
- 298
- Fecha:
- 29 de mayo de 2007 - 14:46
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- UNICEF (United Nations International Chidren's Emergency Fund)
- Duración:
- 01′ 53″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
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