1. Malaria The disease that kills millions.

2. What is Malaria? • spread by the Anopheles female mosquitoes • 4 types • P. falciparum, P.vivax, P.ovale, P. malariae • When bitten, parasites put into the blood stream, travel to the liver

3. Symptoms • chills, fever, pain, aches, headaches, sweating, nausea, coughing, diarrhea, yellowing skin and whites of eyes, kidney, liver failure, bleeding problems, coma, seizures, can reach a fever of 106° • starts to appear 1-3 weeks after bitten

4. Treatments • Chloroquine and primaquine • Chloroquine also can prevent malaria • with treatment about 15%-20% die • insecticide-treated nets

5. Statistics • 1,300 cases diagnosed in the USA • poor countries don’t have the knowledge about malaria to prevent it • ¾ of all victims are children • Cerebral malaria will cause death to 93% children affected

6. Regions Affected • Central and South America • Asia (India , Southeast and the Middle East) • Eastern Europe • South Pacific

7. Occurrence • 100 countries infected • 40% of world population is at risk • > 80% cases in Sub-Saharan Africa, the worst affected region

8. Nets For Life Sponsors • Standard Chartered Bank • The Starr Foundation • Exxon Mobil Foundation • Coca-Cola Africa Foundation • White Flower Foundation • Episcopal Relief and Development • Christian Aid

9. Involvement within Africa • Governments committed themselves to work together as partners and fight the deadly Malaria and halve it by 2010

10. Children suffering from malaria

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