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What is Malaria?

December 20, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is Malaria? ANSWER Malaria is a disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Transmitted by mosquitoes, there are several different kinds of malaria distributed throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, causing somewhere between 300-500 million cases of disease each year, and as many as 1 million deaths. In fact, malaria is one of the biggest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bednets, Malaria Consortium, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, Malaria Prevention, Malaria Symptoms, Plasmodium, prophylaxis, World Health Organisation

What is Malaria?

November 2, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is malaria? ANSWER Malaria is a disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Transmitted by mosquitoes, there are several different kinds of malaria distributed throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, causing somewhere between 300-500 million cases of disease each year, and as many as 1 million deaths. In fact, malaria is one of the biggest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bednets, Malaria Consortium, malaria medication, Malaria No More, Malaria Prevention, Plasmodium, prophylaxis, World Health Organisation

What is Malaria?

October 31, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is it? ANSWER I have copied the below answer from an earlier question also asking what malaria is: Malaria is a disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Transmitted by mosquitoes, there are several different kinds of malaria distributed throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, causing somewhere between 300-500 million cases of disease … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria causes, Malaria Consortium, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria Treatment, Plasmodium, World Health Organisation

Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 27, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: I live in the USA and I would like to start a business to fight mosquitoes and malaria: Can you advise me how and where to start? ANSWER: I take it from the subject heading of the question that you would like to focus on sub-Saharan Africa—a crucial thing to note at this stage is that malaria is serious disease that affects millions of people throughout Africa (as well as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Consortium, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, non-governmental organisations, non-profit organizations, UNICEF, WHO

NetGuarantee: Financing Speeds Delivery of Mosquito Nets

April 25, 2011 By Malaria.com 1 Comment

NetGuarantee, a new innovative finance facility, announces its first transaction with Zurich in North America, part of the Zurich Financial Services Group, to celebrate World Malaria Day today, April 25. This collaboration will help accelerate access to and advance the delivery of vital malaria prevention tools in Africa by six to 10 months, and shows how core business competencies and best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Bed Nets, Bednets, Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Brad Herbert Associates, ExxonMobil Foundation, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Goldman Sachs Gives, Leah Pedersen Thomas, Malaria Consortium, Malaria NGOs, Malaria No More, MalariaNoMore, Michel Kazatchkine, Montrose Africa, Mozambique Ministry of Health, NetGuarantee, Scott Case, the International Procurement Agency (IPA)

Malaria – Free Bednets?

April 6, 2011 By Ask-Malaria-Questions 1 Comment

QUESTION: Why do people have to pay for the bed nets?  I think that is mean to the people and they should get them for free. ANSWER: You have hit on a very important and on-going debate in the malaria control community. In many places around the world, organisations such as UNICEF have distributed free, insecticide-treated bednets, and especially to mothers—pregnant women and children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bednets, Malaria Consortium, Malaria No More, Malaria Prevention, UNICEF

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