Trends of malaria situation in Jamnagar District.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Five out of eight districts of Saurashtra region are declared hyper endemic for malaria in the year 2011-12 & 2012-13 and given priority by World Bank Project for Malaria control activity in these districts. Burden of malaria contributed by these districts is more than 40% of total burden of Gujarat state, and Jamnagar is one of those districts. By Studying trend of Malaria in Jamnagar district will give an opportunity to identify particular seasonal trends and thus by effective surveillance mechanism, future out-breaks can be prevented. Aim & Objectives: 1) To study the trend of malaria situation in various Talukas of Jamnagar District. 2) To compare the trends for last four years. Materials & Method: Present record base study was carried out in 10 Talukas of Jamnagar district to analyzed the trend of malaria situation in the Jamnagar district by department of community medicine, Shri M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar during the month of September 2012 to analyze the trend from the year 2009 to 2012 (up to September month). This was based on the monthly and progressive data format (monthly reports) was collected form District Malaria Officer of Jamnagar district and analyzed by using Microsoft excel 2007 and the result was presented in Table and graph. Results: Total numbers of cases were decreasing over the period of last 3 years. ABER is >10% in most of the Talukas which is indicated the surveillance activity is done properly over the period of years. Conclusion: In the year 2012 all parasitological indicators showing decreasing trend of malaria in comparison with previous years i.e. API, ABER, SPR, PF, and no malarial deaths at all. Continuous surveillance is effective in reduce the morbidity and mortality of vector borne disease like malaria. Seasonal trend of malaria follows the same pattern of distribution showing peak in months of Jun-July.