A Descriptive Study to Assess the Level of Knowledge and Practice of People on Preventive Measures of Malaria Among the Selected Population at Bramnagar, Chaubepur in Kanpur

Abstract

Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria continues to have a devastating impact on people’s health and livelihoods around the world. According to the latest available data, about 3.2 billion people were at risk of the disease in 106 countries, territories and areas in 2015, and an estimated 214 million cases occurred (range: 149-303 million). Over the past 15 years, malaria mortality has reduced by approximately 50%. However, malaria still causes more than 400,000 deaths annually, most of which occur in African children under 5 years of age. Significant advances in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease provide a basis for future work to prevent severe malaria and its complications. Herein, we provide an overview of advances in our understanding of severe malaria in African children over the past 15 years, highlighting key complications and identifying priorities to further reduce malaria-associated mortality. The samples were population in the Chaubepur, Kanpur. The sample consist of 40 people who fulfill the criteria for sample selection and who were available at the Chaubepur community at time of data collection. Written consent was taken from the people who were selected as sample. Self- structured knowledge questionnaire containing 30 questions and checklist containing 10 questions was used to evaluate the knowledge and practice of people regarding prevention of malaria. Finding reveal that according to age, sex, marital status, income, education, type of family, type of house, occupation and source of information was statistically nonsignificant difference in the frequencies at p<0.06.