QUESTION How do beliefs and attitude affect the spread, treatment and prevention of malaria? ANSWER Accurate information and knowledge about how malaria is transmitted, diagnosed and treated is crucial to controlling the disease, for the general public living in malarial areas, travelers to these areas and health professionals. For example, many travelers are unaware that their … [Read more...]
Malaria-Fighting Plants Under Threat
Researchers warn that East African plants that could cure malaria could disappear before scientists have a chance to study them. The World Health Organization estimates 800,000 people die of malaria each year, most of them young children in Africa. A new book by scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre, "Common Antimalarial Trees and Shrubs of East Africa," identifies 22 tree and shrub … [Read more...]