Prevention and control of malaria epidemics: tutor’s guide
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World Health Organization
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72 p.
This tutor’s guide is part of a training module developed by the World Health Organization within the Roll Back Malaria initiative to strengthen capacity for the prevention and control of malaria epidemics. Intended for health professionals involved in malaria control at national, sub-national and district levels, the document supports training through a problem-solving and group-learning approach. It provides guidance for tutors and facilitators responsible for planning and conducting training activities on malaria epidemics, surveillance, preparedness and response. The guide addresses the epidemiology and determinants of malaria epidemics, including climatic, environmental, socio-economic and health-system factors influencing transmission. It outlines methods for early warning, epidemic detection, notification and verification, and presents approaches for defining epidemic thresholds using surveillance data. Additional sections cover prevention and early response measures, vector control, case management, post-epidemic assessment and preparedness planning. The publication also includes practical exercises, training methodologies, evaluation approaches and operational guidance designed to strengthen epidemic preparedness and improve malaria control interventions in epidemic-prone settings.
This tutor’s guide is part of a training module developed by the World Health Organization within the Roll Back Malaria initiative to strengthen capacity for the prevention and control of malaria epidemics. Intended for health professionals involved in malaria control at national, sub-national and district levels, the document supports training through a problem-solving and group-learning approach. It provides guidance for tutors and facilitators responsible for planning and conducting training activities on malaria epidemics, surveillance, preparedness and response. The guide addresses the epidemiology and determinants of malaria epidemics, including climatic, environmental, socio-economic and health-system factors influencing transmission. It outlines methods for early warning, epidemic detection, notification and verification, and presents approaches for defining epidemic thresholds using surveillance data. Additional sections cover prevention and early response measures, vector control, case management, post-epidemic assessment and preparedness planning. The publication also includes practical exercises, training methodologies, evaluation approaches and operational guidance designed to strengthen epidemic preparedness and improve malaria control interventions in epidemic-prone settings.
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Malaria, Antimalarials, Drug Therapy, Combination, Communicable Disease Control, Vector Control, Health Education, Education, Medical, Continuing, Teaching Materials, Problem-Based Learning, Health Planning, Early Diagnosis, Disease Notification, Public Health Surveillance, Evidence-Based Medicine, Treatment Outcome, Drug Resistance, Policy Making, Developing Countries, Surveys and Questionaries, Form, Guideline, prevention and control, education, drug therapy, methods