Strategies to contain malaria in Ecuador
Give oral ivermectin to people and livestock for local mosquito control and elimination.
Strengthening the capacity of national programs to develop and execute epidemiological surveillance activities
Massive strategies
Applied to the entire population of a delimited geographic area, be it a village, municipality or district
Targeted strategies
Applied to people at higher risk of infection compared to the general population
Reactive strategies
Implemented in response to individual cases for people who have the disease or have risk factors for it
Education for the population living in endemic areas on disease prevention.
Implementation of public policies that invest in treatment, prevention and resources to control the disease.
Support from international organizations such as the WHO and the government to improve the quality of life of low-income people, who are the ones affected by Malaria.
Development of a surveillance and health information system for the detection and treatment of cases with total coverage and the reorganization of the network of community health workers
Implement active and passive surveillance
Active
Pasive
Search for cases of people who have a current fever or who come from an endemic area during the last 15 days.
Notify each confirmed case, investigate cases of death, have treatment options.
Welcome workers from endemic areas to use personal protective equipment necessary to protect them from being bitten by the Anopheles mosquito that causes Malaria.
Educate health personnel so that they can approach a patient with malaria, they can make an early diagnosis and thus control transmission and complications.
