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Prevention and curative treatment of malaria
www.impact-malaria.com is a medical Web site that contains general information about malaria and the treatment of the disease: preventative methods and available antimalarial drugs.
The Web site provides general information on malaria to the public and scientific items to healthcare professionals.
Prevention: drugs, mosquito bed nets...
It is important to protect oneself from a mosquito bite as it transmits the malaria parasite. For this, use bed net treated with insecticide and spray insecticides in bedrooms. This is especially important for pregnant women and children under the age of 5 years-old.
There is no vaccine against malaria yet although researchers are still working on it.
Amodiaquine, artesunate, and other drugs can be used for malaria cure
For the treatment of non-complicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the W.H.O recommends to use artemisinin-based combination therapy (A.CT.). ACTs are combination of a derivative of Artemisinin (such as artesunate, artemether...) and another antimalarial drug like amodiaquine, mefloquine, etc. Doctors and pharmacists can help you to choose the ACT fitted.
For more details, consult the section entitled “Treatment”.
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