Malaria is by far the world's most important tropical disease. It kills more
people than any other communicable disease except Tuberculosis. This information gives
factual evidence from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its policy for Research
and Training, in Tropical diseases. The WHO provides fifty four per cent, of its
Disease budget to Malaria Research. This site is excellent and is full of interesting
information it gives an insight into how the WHO works.
Include fever, shivering, pain in the joints, headache, repeated vomiting,
generalized convulsions, and coma. Severe Anaemia, exacerbated by Malaria, is often the
cause of death in areas, with intense Malaria transmission by the Female Anopheline
Mosquito. NASA, who recently visited GAMBIA, and FRENCH GUIANA, in their quest for more
information provides these Observations. I liked the layout of this NASA site but found
the information very limited. Personally, I thought that with all their resources they
would have had a Larger Health Project.
Malaria morbidity, and mortality, has been held in check by the widespread
availability of cheap and effective: Anti-Malarial drugs (Quinine and Chloroquine).
However, the mosquito has become Multi-Drug-Resistant. Today's drugs are ten times more
expensive, and cannot be afforded by most Tropical Countries. LARIAM (by "ROCHE") is a drug
of choice in this country, although it can have some side effects. In theory, there is
a greater risk from not taking the drug, while visiting some Tropical Countries. It is
very important to take anti-malarial drugs for protection, even at the risk of their
side effects. The drug Malarone (Manufactured by "GlaxoSmithKline") has started to make an impact as one of the newer
drugs available
The new project manager for Roll back Malaria is David Alnick, currently Chief of
the Health Section, in the Program Division, at UNICEF's New York Headquarters. He took
up his post in January 2001. Observations made by UNICEF, provide practical help and
awareness (Malaria Awareness). This is the best sites I viewed; it is well thought out,
with ample observations. It is also good to see an Englishman in charge; David Alnick
has a daunting task ahead.
In 1987 Dr Manuel Elkin Patarroyo a biochemist from Colombia, developed the first
Synthetic Vaccine against the PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM parasite. The vaccine is still
being developed; and has not yet proven to reduce deaths in Africa. In 1992 Dr.
Patarroyo donated the vaccine to The World Health Organization This site had to be the
worst that I viewed, although it did have some information, it was sparse. I found it
boring although it was factual even the links where limited. The site had very few
graphics to hold the attention. This is very unfortunate because the subject matter is
of great importance in the fight against Malaria.
A Major new centre to undertake research for a malaria vaccine is to be built in
Tanzania, thanks to a grant from Bill Gates, to the London school of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine. The London school, which is renowned in its field, has been working
with the Tanzanian government, on this issue ever since it was announced that Bill
Gates Microsoft Foundation, had given it a $40 million donation to try to roll back the
disease. The disease kills about three million people a year, most of who are in
Africa. In my humble opinion, this is money to a good cause, and Bill Gates deserves
our gratitude for this donation to World Health. This is a slow site to load, but well
worth the wait, the site is full of information.
INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY
The following information is from the World Health Organization (2001). Malaria
is one of the planet's deadliest diseases, and one of the leading causes of sickness,
and death in the World. There are 300 to 500 million clinical cases of
Malaria each year, resulting in 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths. The
greatest Mortality is in children, followed by pregnant mothers, due to Anaemia.
AUTHOR'S QUOTE:
"We Can Only Live In Hope That The Future Will Provide Us With A Cure To Eradicate
This Dreadful Disease"
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