Eradicating Malaria
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Malaria is a disease of the blood that is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which is transmitted from person to person by a particular type of mosquito.
If drugs are not available or if the parasites are resistant to them, malaria infection can develop to anemia, hypoglycemia or cerebral malaria, in which capillaries carrying blood to the brain are blocked. Cerebral malaria can cause coma, life-long-learning disabilities, and death.
Malaria claims the lives of 453,000 people per year—90% of those in Africa.
Malaria No More is an organization which goal is to mobilize global resources required to achieve malaria eradication within a generation.
The solution?
Timely diagnosis: Rapid-diagnostic tests (RDTs) are expanding the world’s ability to confirm malaria cases in remote settings, ensuring that people get the right treatment when and where they need it.
Treatment: Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the frontline treatment for malaria. A full course of life-saving malaria treatment costs just $1 and cures a child in one to three days.
With just 1 $ you can ensure that a child will get the treatment he or she needs to beat malaria.
Mosquito Nets: Long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs) prevent malaria by creating a protective barrier against mosquitoes at night, when transmissions occur, and can cover two people per net.
Targeted insecticide spraying: Indoor Residual Spraying, or spraying on the inside walls of homes helps kill mosquitoes and reduce the rate of malaria transmission.
Government Funding: Foreign aid represents less than 1% of the U.S. federal budget, but it makes a huge difference. By bridging the current funding gap and helping countries deliver life-saving tools, we can keep the drive toward zero malaria deaths going.
Vaccines: Scientists and organizations around the world are working together to accelerate the development of a malaria vaccine and ensure its availability in the developing world.
They are doing various events and actions in: Chad, Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania and Cameroon.
Help Malaria No More end Malaria once and for all. It is possible.
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