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Malaria No More Debuts “Power of One” (Po1) Campaign to Fight Malaria

September 20, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Malaria No More announced today the debut of its most aggressive campaign to date: Power of One (Po1), where a one dollar donation provides a life-saving test and treatment for a child in Africa. The Power of One campaign uses the latest social, mobile, and e-commerce technologies to rally the global public to close malaria testing and treatment gaps in Africa, starting with Zambia. Malaria No … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Malaria No More, Power of One (Po1)

Malaria Deaths

August 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How many people have died from malaria since 1966? ANSWER Accurate counts of the number of people who die from malaria are notoriously hard to make, since often the infection goes diagnosed, or the cause of death is not reported. However, the World Health Organization has estimated that until recently, about 1 million died each year from malaria. So, without taking into account … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: deaths from malaria, estimation challenges, Malaria No More, Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization

Malaria Help from U.S. Nurses

May 30, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What can American nurses do to help those with malaria? ANSWER It is great that you are interested in helping the fight against malaria. One very valuable thing that nurses can do, given their crucial medical training, is volunteer overseas in places that are hard-hit by malaria. Websites such as this: Volunteer Abroad post these kinds of opportunities when they become available. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: fund-raising, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria No More, NetGuarantee, nurses, volunteer opportunities

Organizations Against Malaria

May 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is a good organization that helps stop malaria? ANSWER There are many organizations that work very hard to control malaria. The most well known are those that design policies and implement projects to control malaria on the ground, in places where the disease is most deadly. These include multilateral international organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: advocacy, AstraZeneca, Bangalore, DIfD, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Malaria Control, Malaria No More, multilateral organizations, NGOs, PAHO, Princeton, research, Roll Back Malaria, UCSF, UNICEF, USAID, WHO

Malaria In Africa

March 11, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What factors cause Africans to get this disease? ANSWER The highest number of malaria cases every year occur in Africa, not because of anything specifically due to the people living there (in fact, they may be better protected against malaria than most—I will come onto this later) but because malaria transmission is very high in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: acquired immunity, Africa, Duffy antigen, Duffy negative, indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria No More, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission, Roll Back Malaria, sickle cell anaemia, Sub-Saharan Africa, US Agency for International Development, World Health Organisation

Malaria in Africa

February 7, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the current problem for malaria in Africa? ANSWER Malaria is a particularly severe problem in Africa due to a number of reasons. First of all, transmission in many parts of Africa occurs year round, due to favourable conditions for the development of the mosquitoes malaria requires as its vector. Secondly, the dominant and most widespread species of malaria in Africa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: access to health care, Africa, demography, development aid, Health systems, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria No More, Malaria transmission, non-governmental organisations, Plasmodium Falciparum, Roll Back Malaria

How Many People Have Died from Malaria?

December 25, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION How many people have died from this disease today? (2011) ANSWER Estimates for the number of annual deaths from malaria vary, and are not very accurate since they depend heavily on the quality of reporting. Since the majority of people who die from malaria are in sub-Saharan Africa, and often far from decent health facilities, it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Control, malaria mortality, Malaria No More, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Health Organisation

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

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