Pili loa ʻo Noma me ka ilihune a kū wale ia i nā kaiāulu mamao, ʻike ʻole i ka heluhelu a me ka ʻai ʻole. Hoʻolahalaha koke nā liona a nīnau pinepine ka poʻe me ka maʻi i ka lohi ke loaʻa lākou "laki" i hiki ke loaʻa kauka.

ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka noma e hele mua a poʻokela iā hakakā i ka ʻilihune loa a e kaʻike maʻi. Ma nā wahi e nui ai ka noma, ʻike pinepine ʻole ka poʻe i kēia ʻino.

ʻO kahi noiʻi i mālama ʻia e nā paediatricians ma Burkina Faso ma 2001 e hōʻike ana "91,5% o nā ʻohana i pili i ʻike ʻole e pili ana i ka maʻi"³. ʻO ka hopena, lohi pinepine nā mea maʻi a me ko lākou mau ʻohana e ʻimi i ke kōkua.

Eia kekahi mau ala i noi ʻia e ka WHO e pale aku i kēia maʻi² :

• Nā pāʻina ʻike no ka heluna kanaka
• Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā limahana olakino kūloko
• Ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kūlana noho a me ke komo ʻana i ka wai inu
• ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā wahi ola o nā holoholona a me nā lehulehu
• ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe o ka waha a me ka loiloi ākea no nā lehelehe waha
• Loaʻa i ke kūpono kūpono a me ka hoʻolauna ʻana o ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū i nā mahina mua o ke ola e like me ka pale ʻana i ka noma, i waena o nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, e like me ka pale ʻana i ka malnutrisi a me ka lawe ʻana i nā mea ʻino i ka pēpē.
• Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā lehulehu, keu aku i ka maʻi ʻula.