Courtesy of
Tropical Health Matters, we share this piece that reminds us all that
Population Day is not only about Family Planning but also about other related
matters like Malaria and Pregnancy and how to prevent it: READ ON
'Population
Health: Malaria, Monkeys and Mosquitoes
July
11, 2017 . Climate, Community, Development, Epidemiology, Malaria
in Pregnancy, Mosquitoes, Surveillance, Urban, Zoonoses.
Bill Brieger
On World
Population Day (July 11) one often thinks of family planning. A wider
view was proposed by resolution 45/216 of December 1990, of the United
Nations General Assembly which encouraged observance of “World Population Day
to enhance awareness of population issues, including their relations to the
environment and development.”
A
relationship still exists between family planning and malaria via preventing
pregnancies in malaria endemic areas where the disease leads to anemia, death,
low birth weight and stillbirth. Other population issues such as migration/mobility, border movement, and conflict/displacement influence exposure of
populations to malaria, NTDs and their risks. Environmental concerns such as
land/forest degradation, occupational exposure, population expansion (even into areas where
populations of monkeys, bats or other sources of zoonotic disease transmission
live), and climate warming in areas without prior malaria
transmission expose more populations to mosquitoes and malaria.
Ultimately
the goal of eliminating malaria needs a population based focus. The
recent WHO malaria elimination strategic guidance encourages
examination of factors in defined population units that influence transmission
or control.
Today public
health advocates are using the term population health more. The University of Wisconsin Department of Population Health
Sciences in its blog explained that “Population health is defined as
the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of
such outcomes within the group.” World Population Day is a good time to
consider how the transmission or prevention of malaria, or even neglected
tropical diseases, is distributed in our countries, and which groups and
communities within that population are most vulnerable.
World
Population Day has room to consider many issues related to the health of
populations whether it be reproductive health, communicable diseases or chronic
diseases as well as the services to address these concerns.’’
Joseph Ana.
Africa Center for Clin Gov Research &
Patient Safety
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Health Expert, General and Urological Surgeon, Health Policy Expert and
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