Expectancy of shifting malaria endemicity from hypoendemic to mesoendemic with agricultural expansion into deserts of Sudan

Author

al-Radisi, Samir Muhammad Ali Hasan

Source

Alghulzum Journal for Gergraphical and Environmental Studies

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 1 (31 Oct. 2020), pp.27-45, 19 p.

Publisher

مركز بحوث و دراسات دول حوض البحر الأحمر

Publication Date

2020-10-31

Country of Publication

Sudan

No. of Pages

19

Main Subjects

Economy and Commerce
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Medicine

Abstract EN

Malaria is a serious tropical disease disrupting the social and economic life of many African communities.

malaria endemicity was classi_ed into hypo endemic, mesoendemic, and hyper endemic with increasing degree of severity.

hypo endemic malaria restricts to the river nile and a very small area from the northern parts of central Sudan.

southwards from hypoendemic zone malaria becomes mesoendemic in central Sudan and then hyper endemic in the former south Sudan.

_is study was based on the statement that, agricultural expansion and building of dams into the desert of northern and river nile states of sudan will spatially shi_ malaria endemicity from hypo endemic type to mesoendemic type.

sources of data included, published information by national centre for health information, federal ministry of agriculture, dams implementation unit - Sudan, relevant books on geology and climate of sudan, and relevant scienti_c research on the internet.

comparative and analytical approaches were applied.

results suggested for high expectancy of shi_ing of malaria from hypo endemic to mesoendemic when during the period 1997-2007 the northern state came second to the blue Nile state in malaria cases although they di_er signi_cantly in climatic conditions.

_e estimated grand total of all agricultural expansion was 1,956,000 feddans and was expected to reach more than 2,000,000 feddans by the largest centre- pivot irrigated alfalfa farms across 87,200 hectares in wad Hamid area.

Meroe dam created a huge reservoir of water extending for 176 km from the fourth cataract up to south Abu Hamad area where new agricultural schemes and villages have developed.

it is expected also that, a geographic corridor of mesoendemic malaria will be created to link river Nile and northern states with southern Egypt and mediterranean lands northwards, and interior Africa southwards.

relevant scienti_c research in Sudan, Africa and Asia supported these suggestions where “the association of malaria with irrigation in arid lands has been known in ancient and recent history” and that increased numbers of vectors following irrigation can lead to increased malaria in desert fringes.

_e study proposed a model for controlling of malaria in arid Sudan purposively to keep it hypo endemic rather than to become a mesoendemic of malaria endemicity.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Radisi, Samir Muhammad Ali Hasan. 2020. Expectancy of shifting malaria endemicity from hypoendemic to mesoendemic with agricultural expansion into deserts of Sudan. Alghulzum Journal for Gergraphical and Environmental Studies،Vol. 2020, no. 1, pp.27-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1322436

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Radisi, Samir Muhammad Ali Hasan. Expectancy of shifting malaria endemicity from hypoendemic to mesoendemic with agricultural expansion into deserts of Sudan. Alghulzum Journal for Gergraphical and Environmental Studies No. 1 (Oct. 2020), pp.27-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1322436

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Radisi, Samir Muhammad Ali Hasan. Expectancy of shifting malaria endemicity from hypoendemic to mesoendemic with agricultural expansion into deserts of Sudan. Alghulzum Journal for Gergraphical and Environmental Studies. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 1, pp.27-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1322436

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 42-45.

Record ID

BIM-1322436