Malaria Trends in the State of Qatar, 2002

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Malaria Trends in the State of Qatar, 2002

• Dr. Sayed F. Shah MD., PhD.
• Head of Communicable Disease Control
  Prevention,
• Department of Preventive Health,
• MOPH, State of Qatar.
• E-mailshah_at_hmc.org.qa

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Total No. of reported cases 138

• Parasitologically Confirmed 138
• No. of cases hospitalized 31

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Distribution of Malaria cases According to Type

• Plasmodium Falciparum 10 (7.2)
• Plasmodium Vivax 128 (92.7)

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Epidemiological Investigation of Cases

• Indigenous 1
• Imported 137

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Distribution of Malaria Cases According to
Nationality

• Pakistani 40.6
• Indian 24.6
• Sudanese 19.6
• Others 15.2

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Treatment of Malaria

• Drugs used
• Chloroquine sulfate
• Mefloquine
• Quinine

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Role of Malaria Control Committee

• Monitor the Disease trends in the State
• Improve malaria daily notification
• Prepare Malaria Eradication Guidelines for all
  physicians
• Epidemiological Survey of the presence of larvae
  adult type of mosquitoes by species
  geographical Spot Map.