Rie Takeuchi | Semantic Scholar (2024)

Adherence to the 14-day primaquine regimen is important for the radical cure of P. vivax malaria infection, and implementation of DOT reduces the reappearance rate of the parasite, and may subsequently decrease P.vivax transmission in the area.

From the school health viewpoint, health education that reflects the social and cultural context of the community in the contents and teaching methods are needed, and provision of sanitation infrastructure is needed.

A significant association between asymptomatic malaria and anaemia in children aged 120 months old or younger in rural villages in Lao PDR is suggested and stunted children were more likely to have lower Hb levels and to be infected with asymPTomatic malaria than children without stunting.

The double burden of malnutrition was not found, and undernutrition was still common among schoolchildren in the study area, however, it is important to monitor nutritional status due to adverse effects of rapid urbanization.

The introduction of a health activity guide for self-assessment was effective in increasing health-related activities in primary schools in Niger, where a simple monitoring system should be introduced to establish the HPS concept.

An urgent expansion of a vaccination program for adolescents and school-age children against SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Western Pacific region is recommended and preparations must be made now for their vaccination.

Even with the existing dengue policies, programs, and strategies, and the high disease literacy rate of Filipinos, dengue remains a struggle with an increasing case rate and specific concepts should be emphasized, and interventions should be fine-tuned to better reach and influence the target population to attain a dengue-free Philippines.

In villages that met the NMCP target, a considerable number of households fell short of the target, and the available bednets were not fully utilized in many of the surveyed households.

A low survival potential for respiratory disease patients under the current tsunami evacuation plan is revealed and the study suggests creating an individual evacuation plan for vulnerable patients involving families and medical staff and then conducting a drill for improving the plan.