Malaria epidemiology and anti-malarial activities through primary health centres in Rameswaram Island, Ramanathapuram district

Nithya, S; Suresh, V.Madha; Kaleel, M.I.M

dc.contributor.author	Nithya, S
dc.contributor.author	Suresh, V.Madha
dc.contributor.author	Kaleel, M.I.M
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-18T09:41:51Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-18T09:41:51Z
dc.date.issued	2014-08-02
dc.identifier.isbn	978-955-627-053-2
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1479
dc.description.abstract	Rameswaram Island is one of the important malaria endemic areas in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. The control of malaria remains one of the major global health challenges. It threatens 2.4 billion people, or about 40% of the world‘s population living in the world‘s developing and under developing countries and more than one million deaths are attributable to the disease annually (WHO, 2000).The aim of this study is to determine the situation of the disease and analyse the anti-malarial measure which is provided by the State Government in the study area. The anti-malarial activities are taken up through the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) by the State Health Society, Tamil Nadu. This paper concludes with a discussion of strategies that can be used to overcome of the malaria endemic problems.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University Park, Oluvil #32360, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria	en_US
dc.subject	Anti-malarial activities	en_US
dc.subject	Epidemic disease	en_US
dc.title	Malaria epidemiology and anti-malarial activities through primary health centres in Rameswaram Island, Ramanathapuram district	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US