Geography Of Disease (Case Study) Malaria - Infectious Disease Flashcards
What are the main statistics concerning malaria?
In 2015, 200 million cases, 90% in Africa
What are the physical factors that affect malaria?
Mosquitoes only survive in hot countries, breed in stagnant water so a rainy season is needed
What are the socio-economic factors affecting malaria?
Limited malaria education, low incomes, human activities like digging irrigation ditches.
How does malaria affect health and wellbeing?
Fever chills, nausea, organ failure and death.
Lost income, children’s education affected along with development of the country.
What are the management strategies to fight malaria?
WHO set 3 goals for 2030, reduce malaria incidence mortality by 90%, eliminate malaria in 35 countries and prevent it returning.
Spray walls and buildings with insecticide, Indoor Residual Spraying, IRS.
What are the problems with some of the management strategies?
One of the insecticides, DDT kills insects and fish and can cause cancer and miscarriages in humans. Mosquitoes can also build resistance