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Malaria
Free Easter Holidays, 29th-March-1st April 2002,
29/04/02
The
Easter Holidays and School Holidays are a period
when thousands of people especially school
children and holidaymakers & tourists travel
from areas, which are malaria free to areas where
malaria is a killer disease. April is peak malaria
period in Southern Africa and it is important to
remember that malaria kills over 200,000 people
every year in the SADAC region. Travellers and
tourists must protect themselves against malaria
during the Easter period.
How
can YOU protect yourself against malaria as a
traveller or tourist?
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Ask
your doctor, health worker, or pharmacist
whether malaria transmission occurs in the place
you are visiting. If it does you should:
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Take a mosquito net treated with insecticide and
also extras to give to relatives and friends you
are visiting.
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Apply insect repellents to the exposed skin to
prevent mosquito bites and use them twice in the
evening before dark and before you go to bed.
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Wear long sleeved shirt, blouse, trousers in the
evening to avoid mosquito bites and avoid
unnecessary outdoor exposure.
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Take malaria prophylaxis (antimalarial tablets) to
prevent malaria – ask your health worker or
pharmacist about the best drugs to take based on
the national malaria drug policy. The drugs should
be taken for two weeks before travelling, during
travel and four weeks after returning home.
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If you suffer symptoms and signs of malaria such
as fever, headache, shivering, joint pains,
vomiting and malaise during travel or after
returning home, see your health worker immediately
and ensure to tell them about your travel to a
malarious area.
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Don’t
Get Malaria This Easter!
Protecting
Yourself And Your Family From Malaria Is Your
Responsibility
The Who-Southern Africa Malaria Control (Samc) Wishes
You A Malaria Free Easter Holidays
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