International+Disease

International Diseases-Malaria

What is Malaria- Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by infected mosquito's. Ways to get this disease are by getting bit by an infected mosquito.

** Proposal - **
We could have a Malaria awareness and prevention day. On this day we could have oraganizations put adds and comercials up to make everyone aware of this disease and to raise money to go towards Malaria prevention. This money could go towards $9 vaccinations and $10 masquito nets. Each net can save 2 lifes which would make a huge impact since approximately 1 child dies ever 10seconds.

====** Alternate Solutions - **Malaria affects the whole community. Everyone can work together to reduce the breeding places for mosquitoes and to organize regular treatment of mosquito nets with insecticide. Communities should ask all health workers and political leaders in their regions to help them prevent and control malaria.====

What we would do with the money-
==== = = - We could raise money to help buy mosquito nets and ask organizations to donate money to us for more nets. We could also raise money in our own community because since $10 could save 2 children then we could make a difference from just a little amount of money. = **Action Plan-** We plan to contact a U.S. House representative suggesting a bill be made to raise malaria awareness and finacial aid for organizations working in Africa. This would benefit those victimized by the virus, hopefully bringing in more donations that can go towards the needed supplies.
 * Bed nets that cost about $10
 * Vaccines for people that are not yet infected that cost about $9- $13 for each person
 * Reasearch- **=
 * ====A child dies from malaria every ten seconds-about 3,000 children die each day in Africa.====
 * ====An insecticide treated bednet lasts for five years.====
 * ====The disease affects 500 million people worldwide; 90 percent of whom live in sub-Sahara Africa where it kills one fifth of the children under the age of five.====
 * ====Malaria is caused by the bite of the female anopheles mosquito.====
 * ====Children who survive may develop chronic anemia and neurological impairment.====
 * ====Pregnant women are most likely to get it.====
 * ====Malaria is both a cause of poverty and a result of poverty.====
 * ====Sunrise and Sunset are when the mosquitos are most active.====
 * ====Malaria burns up energy, and the child loses a lot of body fluids through sweating. The child should be offered food and drink frequently to help prevent malnutrition and dehydration.====
 * ====Frequent malarial infection can slow children's growth and brain development and is likely to cause anaemia. A child who has had several bouts of malaria should be checked for anaemia.====
 * Phases of Malaria control:**
 * Eleven countries are in the **pre-elimination** phase: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. In those countries, diagnostic tests showed that less than 5% of suspected malaria cases are actually malaria.
 * Ten countries are in the **elimination** phase: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Egypt, El Salvador, Iraq, Paraguay, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan. Those have fewer than one malaria case per 1000 inhabitants per year in areas at risk.
 * Six countries are in the phase of **preventing malaria reintroduction**: Jamaica, Mauritius, Morocco, Oman, Russia and Syria. These countries have no malaria infections carried by mosquitoes. If this is achieved for three or more consecutive years, countries are certified malaria-free. In addition, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Vanuatu and Yemen are attempting to establish malaria-free zones in parts of their territory.


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"Sub**-**Saharan is a geographical term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara, or those African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara." (Quote and image from Wikipedia.org)