Programs on Filariasis, Malaria and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
§ Filariasis- a chronic prasitic infection caused by a nematode, Wuchereria bancrofti. Young and adult worms live in the lymphatic vessels and nodes, while the micro filariae are in the blood; transmitted through bites from an infected female mosquito, Aedes poecilius, that bites at night.
▪ Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine citrate or Hetrazan
▪ Elephantiasis and Hydrocoele are handled through surgery, prevention and supportive care
Malaria – infection caused by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito,
§ Chemoprophylaxis – Chloroquine taken at weekly intervals, starting from 1-2 weeks before entering the endemic area.
§ Anti-malarial drugs – sulfadoxine, quiinine sulfate, tetracycline, quinidine
§ Insecticide treatment of mosquito nets, house spraying, stream seeding and clearing, sustainable preventive and vector control meas
Dengue H-fever
4 o’clock habit
¡ Programs on Measles. Chickenpox, Mumps, Diphtheria, Pertusis, Tetanus –focused on health information campaigns and intensive immunization of children in barangays.
Prevention and Control Program on Parasitic Infestations ( STH e.g. Ascaris, Trichuris, Hookworm) and Paragonimiasis in communities where eating of fresh or inadequately cooked crab is a practice
Management:
1. Deworming
2. Health Education re:
▪ Good personal hygiene
▪ Use of footwear
▪ Washing fruits and vegetables well
▪ Use of sanitary toilets
▪ Sanitary disposal of garbage
▪ Boiling drinking water at least 2-3 min. from boiling point or chlorination
