Problems of access to medical treatment in the case of Malaria here. We need medicines to treat people – mainly children – who are affected in large numbers..
In this image Kawan, a newborn child from Sumba is with his mother. He’s only a few weeks old. He is one of the categories of people most affected here and now by malaria.
The needs for medical equipment and medicines are essential at this time. The authorities and the state services concerned do not care and do not have the means to buy the drugs that many families should have to treat one of their own.
As we told you above, we are linked to Malaria is very endemic here, where we are at work at the moment, with the Foundation and Kawan Baik teams as part of the “Water Connections” project.
This disease remains the most critical parasitosis and mainly affects children under five and pregnant women. The malaria parasite is mainly transmitted at night when it is bitten by a female mosquito, itself infected after biting an individual with malaria.
I had an interview a few days ago with the doctors on site, the local health authority and even our friend Khris (the Bupati of Sumba East, his Regent), who shared their immense concerns with us, linked to this epidemic of Malaria, which is raging at the moment.
Their words are clear and precise: “-The disease mainly affects young children, children under five, vulnerable people, especially those whose immune system is weakened by other diseases linked to poverty and undernourishment. . Pregnant women are also concerned… We have nothing to treat them!”.
If you feel like it, you can act, not for us, but for everyone there.
List of drugs and medicines that we need, and you can donate:
- Anti-malaria treatments: Primaquin©, Doxycycline©, and Kina©, for seven days treatments;
And the medicines we still need and sorely miss:
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Oral drugs: Paracetamol, Ibuprofene, Apirine, Bethadine, Antiseptics, Salbutamol, Allopurinol, Betahistamine, Domperidone, Metformin, Ambroxol, Scopma, Oralite, Zink, Vitamine C, Vitamine B, Ranitidine, Glibenklamid, Ketoconazole, Antasida…
- Ointments: Gentamicyn, Ketoconazole, Kloderma…
- Medical syrups: Sakatonik, Biolycin, San-B-Plex, Mycetin, Caviplex, Paracetamol, Lapimox, Inivit, Curviplex, Hofaxol, Unibaby, Antasida, Amoxicillin, Cefradroxil, Domperidon, Cotrimoxazole…
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Malaria remains one of the most devastating diseases affecting East Indonesia, with thousands of deaths occurring annually and implications for families, communities, and economies.
As we are doing here in Sumba Timur, improving access to clean water and healthy sanitation facilities helps significantly reduce the spread of malaria by limiting the habitats of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes need water to breed; if there is no standing water, if the water stays cool, stays out of the light and circulates, they cannot reproduce. In addition, adequate sanitation facilities reduce individuals’ exposure to disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Clean water, such as #waterconnections projects, actively participates in preventing the complications of malaria. People with malaria need to drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration, which can be difficult in areas where access to clean water is limited, as is the case in the regions where we are right now with the @fairfuturefoundation and @kawanbaikindonesia teams.
In short, improving access to sanitation facilities and clean or safe water is, for all of us here -in the context of our medical care programs- an essential element in the fight against malaria. It will help reduce the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes, prevent complications and improve the recovery of people with malaria. We fight the spread of #malaria by understanding how it is transmitted, providing primary medical care and providing access to clean, uncontaminated water sources. We desperately need antimalarial drugs and rapid tests to detect the disease. You can help us by donating via the foundation’s website. @unicef and @unicefindonesia? Are you ready to fight this epidemic with us? We are onsite, and we need you.
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