5057.0 Malaria & Vector-Borne Diseases

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session concerns malaria and the role of community members in prevention, the issue of social justice in treatment and the impact of distribution criteria for bed nets on health.
Session Objectives: * Discuss the advantages and costs of involving youth groups in the promotion of malaria control. * Compare and differentiate between maternal and physician's perceptions and diagnosis of child malaria. * Compare insecticide treated net (ITNs) coverage before and after the free distribution campaigns.
Moderator:
Kimberly Connolly, MPH, RN

8:30am
Cameroon – Successful youth participation in community-based malaria control
Ephraim Toh, MD and Luis Tam, MD DrPH
        
8:48am
In pursuit of social justice: Tackling malaria misdiagnosis among children under five in Southwest Nigeria
Juliet Iwelunmor, Oladipo Idris, MB BS, Adeniyi Adelakun, MB CHB and Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, PhD, MPH
     
9:06am
Impact of a malaria bed-net distribution campaign in Togo: Lessons learned regarding distribution criteria
Howard Goldberg, PhD, Paul Stupp, PhD, Kanako Ishida, Marcy Erskine, PhD, Kodjo Morgah, Dr and Mark Lapointe, MPH
     
9:24am
Can mosquito Insecticide Treated Net campaigns achieve equity in coverage and use? Case of northern Nigeria
Yazoume Ye, PhD
     
9:42am
Implementing Local Community-Based Malaria Control: Implications for Scaling-Up
Demetri Blanas, MD-MPH candidate (MSII)
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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