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The Law on Sexual Violence Crimes (Indonesian: Undang-Undang Tindak Pidana Kekerasan Seksual, abbreviated as UU TPKS) is a law aimed to tackle sexual violence in Indonesia. The bill of the law was proposed on January 26, 2016.
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. [2] The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the disease's most dangerous form, falciparum malaria.
In March 2023, the WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free, [307] and Belize in June 2023. [308] Cabo Verde, the latest country to eradicate Malaria, was certified in January 2024, bringing the total number of countries and territories certified malaria-free to 44. [309] In October 2024, the WHO certified Egypt to be malaria ...
Congenital malaria was first reported in 1876, it is an extremely rare condition which occurs due to transplacental transmission of maternal infection. [1] [2] Maternal prophylactic treatments of malaria can be important when talking about the risk of congenital malaria, as the absences of these treatments can increase the chance for a fetus to contract the disease. [3]
Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria endemic areas, routine malaria chemoprevention is recommended. It improves anemia and parasite level in the blood for the pregnant women and the birthweight in their infants. [1]
Worldwide, malaria is a leading cause of premature mortality, particularly in children under the age of five, with an estimated 207 million cases and more than half a million deaths in 2012, according to the World Malaria Report 2013 published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The death toll increased to one million as of 2018 according ...
The Journal of Sex Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
Anopheles species that can transmit malaria are not limited to malaria-endemic areas, so areas where they have been eliminated are constantly at risk of reintroduction of the disease. [20] Global distribution of Anopheles species covers both the tropics with numerous malarias, and colder areas not subject to malaria at the start of the 21st ...