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By Austen Dellinger The Numbers 500000 years 33 billion 100 million 1 minute Thesis Statement Malaria will not be eliminated without improvement of the distribution of nets and drugs increased compliance with the proper use of these lifesaving resources enhanced infrastructure in coun ID: 231126

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Living with Malaria: Obstacles to Elimination

By Austen DellingerSlide2

The Numbers:

500,000 years

3.3 billion

100 million1 minuteSlide3

Thesis Statement:

Malaria will not be eliminated without improvement of the distribution of nets and drugs, increased compliance with the proper use of these life-saving resources, enhanced infrastructure in countries crippled by malaria, and the dispelling of cultural and religious superstition. Slide4

Malaria Transmission and Symptoms:

Malaria spreads as it is passed from mosquito to person and back to mosquito.

Symptoms include: chills and fever with headaches and vomiting, respiratory distress and malaise, strokes, heart problems and brutal anemia.

Slide5

Vaccination, Prevention, and Treatment:

No vaccine

Best method of malaria prevention: insecticide treated bed nets.

Best cure: a full course of anti-malarial treatment.Slide6

Malaria in North America:

Malaria was prevalent in North America from the 1600s to the mid-1900s.

Now, only about 1500 cases of malaria are reported per year in the U.S.

Bulldozed swamps

Paved roads and sewage systems

Window screens

Availability and affordability of treatment.

Malaria Elimination in the United States: Slide7

Consequences of Malaria:

Absenteeism

high rates of unemployment

30 to 40 billion dollars every year.

Misinformation and superstition regarding the disease

Deficient infrastructure

Low rates of compliance with prevention and treatment programs

Geography

Obstacles to Elimination:Slide8

Misinformation and Superstition:

Malawi, Africa: malaria is caused by mosquitoes… bad weather, hard work, jealousy, and hexes.

Leads such people away from medical centers and towards spiritual healers.

Some won’t give blood. Slide9

Infrastructure:

Medical centers:

Scarce

Lacking in supplies

Short staffed

Underdeveloped roads and deficient transportation methods increase death toll

Distribution is a challengeSlide10
Slide11

Compliance:

Nets

Drugs

Not always used for intended purpose

Burdensome

Hard to set up

Very hot

Not completing the full course of treatmentSlide12

Geography:

Mosquitoes need warm climates and still waters (puddles, lakes, standing water) to thrive.

E.g. Pakistan

Environmental transformationSlide13

Community Service

“Aim for the Net”

Participants: Triangle Futbol Club ’00 Navy

Raised $1,676 for “Against Malaria Foundation,” and “Malaria No More”

Everyone can make a differenceSlide14
Slide15

Bibliography

Finkel

, Michael.

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. National Geographic. Print. July,

1997: 32-67.

Perry, Alex.

Lifeblood

. United Kingdom. C. Hurst & Company Ltd. 2011. Print.

Shah, Sophia.

The Fever

. United States. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2010. Print.

Shore, Bill.

The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men

. United States.

PublicAffairs

.

2010. Print.

Webb Jr., James L.A.

Humanity’s Burden

. United States. Cambridge University Press.

2009. Print.

“Malaria.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Slide16

Bibliography (cont.)

Prevention. Web. 3 October 2013.

“Malaria.” New York Times. The New York Times. Web. 1 November 2013.

“Malaria.” World Health Organization. World Health Organization. 2013. Web. 7

October 2013.

“Malaria: Disease.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention. Web. 24 October 2013.

“Malaria: Fact sheet N

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94.” World Health Organization. World Health Organization.

Web. 19 October 2013.

Image Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(epidemiology)

http://www.naturalhighsafaris.com/browse/experience/snorkelling_for_tropical_fish_in_a_great_rift_valley_lake

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Any Questions?