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Tribal Attitudes towards MALARIA in East Godavari District, Andhrapradesh.

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Dr. Pujala Sreedhar, Dr. Siva Bala Naganjan, Dr.G.Sravana Kumar, Dr.K.Sowmyasudha, Dr.G.Krishnababu

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Introduction-Malaria is one of the world’s important parasitic diseases. Malaria deaths reached 4,45,000 in 2016, a similar number (4,46,000) to 2015.During 2017 India contributes to 633481 malaria cases and 103 deaths due to malaria. In Andhrapradeshamong five Endemic Districts East Godavari is one. We made an attempt to report tribal attitudes towards malaria in this district. Materials & Methods-Using a multistage random method a total of 1136 participants were interviewed from four tribal P.H.C areas of East Godavari District. Semi-structured questionnaires which consist questions on attitudes of malaria, were used as a tool to interview them. Data were entered into excel sheets and analysed by SPSS 17. Results-Majority agreed malaria is a serious disease. 92% agreed to prevent the transmission, 96% agreed to clear small water collections, 49% agreed to pass information to health worker, 48% agreed to collect blood smear and to take treatment, 44% to take complete treatment. 52% still they are agreeing to take treatment from traditional healers, 44% agree to take treatment from health workers,45% agreed to use personal protective measures,96% agreed to use mosquito net, 99% agreed to spray IRS. Conclusion- To come to a conclusion our tribal participants have good attitudes towards malaria disease prevention, but still some of them were approaching traditional healers to get treatment of malaria.

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