ABSTRACT
Malaria is unique among diseases
because its roots lie so deep within human communities. Malaria remains one of
the worst menaces of tropical countries of the world. It is a killer and
debilitating disease that affects the physical and economic well being of
people living in endemic areas of Africa (WHO, 2000). The high intensity of the
spread of malaria, makes it an enormous and leading public health problem
especially in sub-Saharan Africa. African countries are most hard hit by the
disease, where it ravages communities (TDR/WHO, 2002). Malaria is a potentially
fatal tropical disease caused by the parasite- Plasmodium and spread through
the bite of an infected female Anoplieles mosquito. The resulting disease in
humans can be devastating and has-been and is still a cause of much human
morbidity and mortality (WHO, 2003). Although the disease has been eradicated
in most temperate zones, it continues to be endemic throughout most of the
tropics and sub-tropics. Malaria is a threat to more than 40% of the world's
population. Out of the more than 300 miUlon acute cases that occur each year,
between 1.1 and 2.7 million people die each year (RBM, 2002; WHO, 2000).
Malaria a notiflable, preventable and curable disease is highly endemic in most
parts of Nigeria, and is the most common cause of out-patient hospital
attendance in all age-groups in all parts of Nigeria (Ogunbona et al., 1990).
The vast majority of malaria cases (900h) are in sub-Saharan Africa, where
malaria constitutes 10% of 2 the total disease burder. Children under five
years of age and pregnant women are most at risk, with Plasmodium falcioarum
being the main cause of severe clinical malaria and death (TDR/WHO, 2002;
RBM/WHO, 2000). Malaria constitutes nearly 25% of all childhood mortality in
Africa (WHO, 2000). According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
malaria's cost to human and social welI-being is enormous. It is a major cause
of poverty and poverty exacerbates the malaria situation (UNICEF, 2001). The
economic loss is so
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