What is Malaria?
Malaria is a deadly disease that occurs when bitten by an infected mosquito. The symptoms are fever, headache, chills and vomiting which appear seven or more days later after the infected mosquito bite. If left untreated, malaria can progress to a more severe case and lead to death. Malaria is preventable and curable. According to the World Health Organization, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths, mostly in African children in 2012.
Malaria vector: Anopheles mosquitoes.
Who is at risk?
Half of the world's population is at risk of malaria. Most of the deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Children are at risk because they don't have a fully developed immunity just yet. Malaria causes high miscarriage rates in pregnant women. Also people with HIV/AIDS are more susceptible to contracting malaria.
(Source: World Health Organization)
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Source: www.http://blogs.cdc.gov
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