Abstract
<p><strong>Abstract</strong><strong>: </strong>This study examines the practices of Malaria prevention among school adolescent within Calabar Metropolis, Southern Nigeria. Stratified and systematic sampling technique was used to select four hundred (400) respondents used as the sample for the study. Questionnaire was administered to the respondents. Data collected were analyzed by the use of frequency tables, graphs, means, and standard deviation. Chi-square was used to compare proportions and associations between variables. It was discovered that respondents who have heard of malaria 400 (100%) are also aware of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN), 394 (98.5%) but the use of ITN was substantially average among them. Stagnant water and over grown weeds were identified as breeding site for Anopheles mosquito. Health workers, followed by media were the major sources of information on malaria prevention. It is recommended that school teachers should be empowered with information about the causes of malaria and prevention strategies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Malaria prevention, School adolescent, Calabar Metropolis, Nigeria</p><p> </p>
Highlights
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infective female Anopheles mosquitoes
This study examines the practices of Malaria prevention among school adolescent within Calabar Metropolis, Southern Nigeria
It was discovered that respondents who have heard of malaria 400 (100%) are aware of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN), 394 (98.5%) but the use of ITN was substantially average among them
Summary
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infective female Anopheles mosquitoes. According to the latest estimates, there were about 219 million cases of malaria in 2010 2013, Vol 4, No.[2] million to 289 million) and an estimated 660 000 deaths (with an uncertainty range of 490 000 to 836 000). Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000 and by 33% in the WHO African Region. Most deaths occur among children living in sub-saharan Africa where a child dies every minute from malaria. Country-level burden estimates available for 2010 show that an estimated 80% of malaria deaths occur in just 14 countries and about 80% of cases occur in 17 countries (WHO, 2013). The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria account for over 40% of the estimated total of malaria deaths globally (WHO, 2013)
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