BAMM – Blog About Malaria Month.
So I got a late start. No
surprise there. But I’m on it
now. Actually you might remember I
had malaria just a few short months ago.
I blogged about it so in a sense I was ahead of the BAMM game. Go ahead High-5 me! Because I just did!
World Malaria Day is April 25th! I am having a WMD event and will let ya know how it goes. Watch for that. You best believe I’m coming at malaria
with a vengeance. It did a number
on me. Many of you have continued
to ask how I’m doing and let me assure you that I have been back to 110% for a
while now. Enough about me; lets
talk malaria. Stick with me on
this.
Malaria is caused by a parasite that is passed from one
human to another by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. After
infection, the parasites (called sporozoites) travel through the bloodstream to
the liver, where they mature and release another form, the merozoites. The
parasites enter the bloodstream and infect red blood cells.
Symptoms
-Flu-like
symptoms – to the max! -Anemia -Shaking Chills -Coma
-Convulsions -High Fever -Headache -Muscle pain –Nausea –Sweating -Vomiting
-Convulsions -High Fever -Headache -Muscle pain –Nausea –Sweating -Vomiting
I’m not one for throwing out statistics. I don’t like how it reduces a person to
a number. But I am about to list
stats because I want there to be a grasp of the situation at hand.
The CDC estimates that there are 300-500 million cases
of malaria each year, and more than 1 million people die from it.
On average, 1,500 cases of malaria are reported every year in the
United States, even though malaria has been eradicated in this country since
the early 1950's.
3.3 billion people (half the world’s population)
live in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 109 countries and territories.
35 countries (30 in sub-Saharan Africa and 5 in Asia) account for 98%
of global malaria deaths.
Malaria is the 5th cause of death from
infectious diseases worldwide (after respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS,
diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis).
Malaria is the 2nd leading cause of death from infectious
diseases in Africa, after HIV/AIDS.
Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya
and it kills an estimated 34,000 children under five in Kenya every year.
77% of Kenya’s population lives in areas where the disease is transmitted.
25 million out of a population of 34 million Kenyans are
at risk of malaria.
An estimated 170 million working days are lost to the
disease each year in Kenya.
The most vulnerable group to malaria
infections are pregnant women and children under 5 years of age.
Malaria is preventable and treatable
An estimated 655,000 people died of malaria in 2010
Malaria deaths have fallen by more than 25% since 2000
Malaria costs Africa $12 billion annually
Malaria is a huge burden on a
community. It steals time, money,
and lives.
Peace Corps has 3,000 volunteers in
23 countries working to end malaria.
A pretty awesome group of kids I used to work with back in
the States will be learning about malaria and raising money to purchase malaria
nets during VBS (Vacation Bible School) this summer. I am partnering with them and will be buying and
distributing malaria nets to members of my community in Namboboto. I will say more on this to come in the
summer.
When you see this…
I don’t care how you get rid of it…stomp it, squash it,
smack it, slap it, crush it, spray it, mash it, punch it, end it.
Stats and information came from these sites.
cdc.gov
USAID.gov
Malarianomore.org
Healthnytimes.com
Thanks for reminding us of a baby-killer that does not have to be allowed to go on killing. We in the world lack the love of God, and love to have things more than people.
ReplyDeleteKeep blogging! You express it so well!
You make me so homesick! I lived in Africa more than anywhere else in this world. It truly captures a portion of one's heart and never lets go.
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