Malaria in Africa and Mzuzu
Malaria is an infectious blood disease that is transmitted from one human to another by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria kills between one and three million people each year.
Malawi’s climate and geography provides a fertile environment for Anopheles mosquitoes to proliferate. This fact has a profound effect on the population of Malawi and in particular to the poor who have less access to treatment.
In Malawi among preschoolers 60% are infected with malaria and 47% of school-aged children are infected. 40% of the deaths of children under 2 years of age are due to malaria.
Interventions for malaria include insecticide treated bed nets and antimalarial therapy. The use of bed nets is increasing which is having a positive effect. Antimalarial theray, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, is becoming less effective due to the increasing resistance of P. falciparum to the drug.
The MAOCP provides the 250 children it serves from St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Mzuzu Malawi with insecticide bed nets for their home use. The larger sized bed nets provided allows for protection for the whole family.
Malawi’s climate and geography provides a fertile environment for Anopheles mosquitoes to proliferate. This fact has a profound effect on the population of Malawi and in particular to the poor who have less access to treatment.
In Malawi among preschoolers 60% are infected with malaria and 47% of school-aged children are infected. 40% of the deaths of children under 2 years of age are due to malaria.
Interventions for malaria include insecticide treated bed nets and antimalarial therapy. The use of bed nets is increasing which is having a positive effect. Antimalarial theray, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, is becoming less effective due to the increasing resistance of P. falciparum to the drug.
The MAOCP provides the 250 children it serves from St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Mzuzu Malawi with insecticide bed nets for their home use. The larger sized bed nets provided allows for protection for the whole family.