April 26, 2024 is the 17th National Malaria Day, with the theme "Preventing the Retransmission of Malaria and Sustaining Elimination Gains". At present, the global malaria epidemic situation is still severe, and a large number of imported malaria cases are still reported in the mainland every year, and critical cases and deaths occur from time to time, and the risk of retransmission persists. We should fully understand the importance of the prevention and control of imported malaria in consolidating the achievements of malaria elimination in the mainland and safeguarding the health of the people. In order to do a good job in the publicity activities of this year's "National Malaria Day", mobilize the whole society to pay attention to malaria prevention and control, prevent the import and retransmission of malaria, and continue to consolidate the achievements of malaria elimination. The Pinglu County Center for Disease Control and Prevention (County Health Supervision Institute) and township health centers have carried out publicity activities throughout the county.
On April 26, 2024, the county CDC and the relevant staff of the Shengrenjian Town Central Health Center hung a banner in Guyu Park to set up a consultation point to publicize the regulations, policies and measures of malaria prevention and control and the popular science knowledge of malaria prevention and control to the masses in the past, and answered the questions raised by the masses about malaria prevention and control in detail. More than 300 publicity posters, more than 1,500 manuals on the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, more than 500 trolley pens, more than 500 homework books, more than 600 publicity handbags were distributed on the spot, and more than 80 people were consulted by the masses. We introduced the transmission route of malaria and its post-infection symptoms, how to prevent malaria and how to treat it to the general public, popularized the knowledge of malaria prevention and control, and raised the public's awareness of malaria prevention and timely medical treatment.
At the same time, the county-level medical institutions and township health centers also closely focused on the theme of the publicity day, according to the requirements of the superior documents, combined with the actual situation of the jurisdiction, and made full use of the Internet, LED screen rolling publicity and other media to carry out this publicity activity, and widely publicize the knowledge of malaria prevention and treatment. Through this publicity campaign, people's awareness of malaria prevention and control knowledge has been effectively improved, and the risk of malaria infection and transmission has been further reduced. At the same time, it has created a good social atmosphere for the future prevention and control of malaria in Pinglu County, where everyone participates in mass prevention and control. It has mobilized the enthusiasm and initiative of the broad masses of the people to participate in the elimination of malaria, made the broad masses of the people realize that malaria is preventable and curable, and played a positive role in promoting the elimination of malaria.
[Source: Pinglu CDC]