QUESTION My 21 year old daughter spent 4 months on a study abroad program in Dakar. A week before returning home she started having night fevers and would complain of retrosternal pain and rib and neck and shoulder pain. The next day she would be fine. The episodes came every other day and eventually it occurred to her that it might be malaria. It was evening so she went to a pharmacy for a … [Read more...]
Malaria in Haiti
QUESTION I just recently returned from Senegal, 60 days ago, in which I had taken Malaria medicine; Chloroquine. I am heading to Haiti in 5 days, and wondering if I am in need of taking Malaria medicine again, or was the time frame close enough that it would be fine to go without. ANSWER You are only protected against malaria while you are taking the anti-malarial prophylactic medicine. … [Read more...]
Peace Corps Volunteers Join Malaria Fight with Education and Bed Net Distribution Program
Peace Corps volunteers are collaborating with host country government agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and local community members to raise awareness of malaria prevention techniques and help control the disease. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite (plasmodium) transmitted from human to human by the bite of infected … [Read more...]