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TravelVAX Vaccinations Clinic

Malaria - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

MALARIA

FACT

 in 2015, nearly half of the world’s population – 3.2 billion people – was at risk of Malaria.

Malaria - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

VECTOR

Bite from a female Anopheles mosquito infected with malaria parasites called Plasmodium. There are different types of Plasmodium parasites that can cause malaria: falciparum,vivax, ovale, malariae and knowlesi

Malaria - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

214 MILLION CASES

Worldwide annually.

Malaria - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

SYMPTOMS

Fever, headache, chills, vomiting. Symptoms usually appear between 7 to 18 days, but can also take up to a year to develop.

Malaria - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

SEVERE CASE:

Seizures, mental confusion, kidney failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, coma, and death The most important factors determining patient survival are early diagnosis and appropriate therapy.

Awareness of the risk.

Involves several steps, known as the A, B, C, D of malaria prevention.

  • Awareness of risk before travelling.

  • Check whether chemoprophylaxis is needed (use appropriate malaria prevention tablets).

  • Diagnosis (seek immediate medical attention is displaying symptoms).

  • Bite prevention:
    – Take the preventive measures when mosquitoes are most    active, particularly from sunset to sunrise.
    – Use a recommended insect repellent containing eitherIcardin (20%) or DEET
    – Wear appropriate clothing (e.g.long sleeved shirt, long pants).
    – Use physical barriers, such as bed nets and window screens.

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