Malaria Meds
Apr 7th, 2006, 05:02 PM
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 230
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Malaria Meds
I've just done a search and can't find the post from someone on this board regarding the malaria meds to which the mosquitos in Zambia were becoming resistant. Does anyone recall that post? Thanks, Sharon
Apr 8th, 2006, 09:57 AM
#3
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 7,395
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
stamiya~ this from the Doctor's Without Borders website:
Chloroquine, developed in 1934, is very cheap (US$0.10 per treatment), easy to administer and has few side-effects. For a while, it was the ideal anti-malarial, but its effectiveness has decreased dramatically in the last few decades: resistance to chloroquine now reaches over 90% in many parts of Africa. Resistance to other first-line drugs is also growing rapidly – for example, resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP or Fansidar®
is already higher than 60% in several regions of Burundi and Uganda.
Make sure you use repellants (especially around your ankles, neck and ears) and spray your netting each night with Doom. i don't think the mossies were any worse in March than they were in October, I only had 10-12 bites each trip. I used Ultrathon on legs and arms and Perfect Sleep on my head.
Dennis
Chloroquine, developed in 1934, is very cheap (US$0.10 per treatment), easy to administer and has few side-effects. For a while, it was the ideal anti-malarial, but its effectiveness has decreased dramatically in the last few decades: resistance to chloroquine now reaches over 90% in many parts of Africa. Resistance to other first-line drugs is also growing rapidly – for example, resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP or Fansidar®
is already higher than 60% in several regions of Burundi and Uganda. Make sure you use repellants (especially around your ankles, neck and ears) and spray your netting each night with Doom. i don't think the mossies were any worse in March than they were in October, I only had 10-12 bites each trip. I used Ultrathon on legs and arms and Perfect Sleep on my head.
Dennis
Apr 8th, 2006, 07:12 PM
#5
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 7,395
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
it's a spray that is usually in all the tents/chalets. kills all the bugs before they get into the netting. spray it before going to dinner, or ask the guy that turns down the bed to spray it then. in any case, don't spray it while in the netting and do let it dissapate.
Apr 9th, 2006, 04:27 PM
#10
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 7,395
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
stam-all the lodges i have stayed at have supplied "Perfect Sleep" and "Doom" I don't think you can buy it here as it is an aerosol and you're not supposed to fly with aerosols. Don't worry, the camps you're going to will take very good care of you!
