那里有很多信息！互联网使我们能够很快找到我们几乎要寻找的任何信息，并且各种新闻媒体（在线，电视，广播和报纸）也在不断地轰炸我们的信息。但是，有多少是正确的，什么是假货？这对疾病控制和消除有什么影响？
疟疾消除been on the forefront of many national health agencies across the globe, but the key to successful implementation of control measures is public buy-in and implementation. For this, it is important that public health information is given to the people affected by malaria and that this information is put into practice.
我和我的家人住在英国，但我母亲在退休期间曾经在斯里兰卡度过一年的某些部分。有一次，她生气了，因为英国的一个邻居在外面留下了一盒停滞的水。“他们不知道蚊子可以在其中繁殖吗？”是她的第一个想法。斯里兰卡卫生官员非常成功地传达给居民的信息，以至于我的母亲自动将停滞（或站立的）水等同于蚊子繁殖地。
In their recent paper,Bogale Belay和团队investigated the connection with malaria prevalence at a health center in North West Ethiopia and patient knowledge, attitude and perception of malaria. The results are very interesting and surprising in some instances. Patients had heard about malaria and knew it was a health concern, but interestingly, 86% had obtained their information from mass media sources such as TV and radio rather than from a health facility. Whether this was from government-sponsored programs on TV or radio is not mentioned, but reiterates the idea that mass media is the best way to get health information across to the public.
调查中的受访者能够识别出疟疾的症状，并且知道它是由蚊子叮咬传播的，但是奇怪的是，当被问及是否可以传播疟疾时，只有60.9％的患者说这是 - 这可能是一种错误的理解。患者收到的信息中的问题或一些误导/错误信息。
Patients said that mosquitoes bit mostly at night and, like my mother, identified stagnant water as a breeding site. The level of knowledge, attitude and perception to malaria in this study group correlates with a low level (7.3%) prevalence of malaria among febrile patients at the clinic. This suggests communication of correct information can go a long way to help public understanding of a disease, public buy-in of control measures and change in behaviors that help control the spread of disease – all leading to disease control and elimination.
Similar to the study by Bogale’s team, theMalaria Elimination Project in Mandla, Indiasuggested that improved knowledge, attitude and perception of malaria in that region could correlate with a decrease in malaria incidence and point towards elimination.
We have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, that it is easy to put out fake information on the internet, social media or via mass news outlets, and the general public are making important health decision based often on misinformation or fake information. It is therefore very important that the public receive trustworthy information to help fight diseases, because – as can be seen from the study in Ethiopia – genuine understanding of a disease and buy-in from the public can help us progress towards disease control and elimination.
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