MALARIA: Lesson 4
Anti-Malarial Clinics for Children
Age Five and Under .
Supplies needed: From the local market or chemist buy enough pyramethamine
(Daraprim) for the estimated number of children who will come to the clinic.
You will need an exercise book and pen. Be sure these items are ready before
class time.
Tell family members of students (mothers and children) to come to school
for this lesson.
After they have gathered, present one of the dramas from Lesson 1 or
2. Then ask questions and discuss what they have seen and heard
Write the names of the children in the exercise book. As the mothers
bring the children one by one give each one a (Daraprim) tablet and water
to drink so that they can take it right then. Children age 1 through age
5 take one tablet per month. Babies from birth to age 1, divide their tablet
into four, they take 1/4 each week.
Instruct the mothers to come each month to receive the (Daraprim) which
will prevent the small children from getting malaria. Each time the child
comes and receives the medicine, put an X in the exercise book beside his
name.
A small fee is charged to cover the cost of the medicine. The money
received can be used to buy more (Daraprim) for the next clinic.
A GRAM OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN
A KILO OF CURE!
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