April is Blog About Malaria Month (BAMM). This month, we will increase
our efforts to Stop Out Malaria with awareness about the disease. This post is the first in a series about how malaria affects everyone's lives.
Malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, is caused by a parasites
that are spread by mosquitoes. The infected mosquitoes then transmits
malaria from person to person. Malaria is found in many tropical
climates in the world, mainly in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria
deaths worldwide. It can be especially harmful to vulnerable populations such as
young children, pregnant women and People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Malaria devastates the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations.
To date, many organizations have made countless efforts to eliminate malaria by raising awareness, conducting behavior change trainings, mass distribution of bed nets, and fundraising to aid community organizations in their malaria elimination and prevention programs. In Zambia, the Ministry of Health's prioritization of malaria control, in conjunction with increased international aid and advocacy, helped decrease the number of inpatient malaria cases and deaths. The Stomp Out Malaria initiative assists the Ministry of Health in their goals through malaria research, education, and community mobilization. By combining a scale up of community-level and large-scale organization/government effort, we hope to stomp out malaria once and for all.
For more information about the Stop Out Malaria project, click here.
Malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, is caused by a parasites
that are spread by mosquitoes. The infected mosquitoes then transmits
malaria from person to person. Malaria is found in many tropical
climates in the world, mainly in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria
deaths worldwide. It can be especially harmful to vulnerable populations such as
young children, pregnant women and People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Malaria devastates the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations.To date, many organizations have made countless efforts to eliminate malaria by raising awareness, conducting behavior change trainings, mass distribution of bed nets, and fundraising to aid community organizations in their malaria elimination and prevention programs. In Zambia, the Ministry of Health's prioritization of malaria control, in conjunction with increased international aid and advocacy, helped decrease the number of inpatient malaria cases and deaths. The Stomp Out Malaria initiative assists the Ministry of Health in their goals through malaria research, education, and community mobilization. By combining a scale up of community-level and large-scale organization/government effort, we hope to stomp out malaria once and for all.
For more information about the Stop Out Malaria project, click here.
