malaria - disease and enviro

Question 1

what are the symptoms of malaria?

Answer 1

fever headaches tiredness diarrhoea vomit

Question 2

how does a person catch malaria?

Answer 2

the parasite is carried by mosquitoes that pick it up in stagnant water
when bitten the parasite enters the red bloods cells casing anaemia and jaundice

Question 3

if malaria is left untreated what can it cause?

Answer 3

kidney failure
siezures
coma
death

Question 4

when do symptoms appear?

Answer 4

after a week or two of being bitten

Question 5

without treatment when can the disease return?

Answer 5

up to fifty years later even though you have only been bitten once

Question 6

what is the rate of malaria dependant on?

Answer 6

several factors linked to the natural environment and human population

Question 7

how many children die a minute?

Answer 7

one

Question 8

what is increasing the distribution of malaria?

Answer 8

climate change

Question 9

what are the factors that cause malaria?

Answer 9

species of mosquito
human immunity
enviro

Question 10

what factors are in species of mosquitoes?

Answer 10

life span - longer the life span more chance it has to spread the disease
prefernce on biting humans - some species prefer to bit species thought to be a combo of these two to why malaria case prevail in africa

Question 11

what % of all malaria cases are in africa?

Answer 11

90%

Question 12

what are the factors dealing with human immunity?

Answer 12

children - partial immunity is built up over the years

immigrants - lack of exposure to the disease

Question 13

what are the environmental factors associated with the disease?

Answer 13

climate - breed in water

rural vs urban - distribution is complex

Question 14

why is the distribution of the disease complex?

Answer 14

in south east asia there is a risk of infection whereas in the urban area they have been declared disease free

Question 15

how else cam malaria be caught?

Answer 15

through blood transfusion or contaminated needles

Question 16

why does climate affect the disease?

Answer 16

mosquitos breed in water

in the tropics stagnant puddles are available all year due to wet tropical climate

Question 17

how can outbreaks be predicted with climate?

Answer 17

in areas with dry and wet season

more common just after rainfall so can be mapped

Question 18

what % of the population are at risk of contracting the disease?

Answer 18

more than 40%

Question 19

how many people are at high risk of getting the disease?

Answer 19

1.2 billion

Question 20

how many new cases occur every year?

Answer 20

214 million

Question 21

how many countries is malaria present in?

Answer 21

97

Question 22

what percentage of people with malaria live n 7% of worlds countries?

Answer 22

80%

Question 23

is it a global disease?

Answer 23

international ngos striving for eradication see it as a concern for the whole of humanity

Question 24

how many people died in 2015?

Answer 24

400,000

Question 25

where are nearly 80% of deaths accounted or?

Answer 25

africa and india

Question 26

what is the risk of climate change?

Answer 26

that it will further migrate until reaching the poles

Question 27

how many cases were found in ugande 2015?

Answer 27

3 million

6000 deaths

Question 28

why does transmission of the disease occur all year round in uganda?

Answer 28

due to the high temperatures and lake such as albert and victoria
breeding grounds

Question 29

what can be done to change environmental conditions of the disease in uganda?

Answer 29

not a lot can be done
has been irrigation systems in place
insecticides and nets

Question 30

in 2009 where did a drug factory open in uuganda?

Answer 30

kabale
the first malaria drug factory
5000 farmers grow the plants used to create the drugs

Question 31

how are the millennium development goals linked?

Answer 31

one of the goals was to combat hiv and malaria

since 2000-2003 new infections has feel by 40 % due to help of UN and WHO

Question 32

what % has children sleeping under mosquito nets increase by?

Answer 32

over 30%

2000-2015 MDG

Question 33

how has the death rate dropped from 2000-2015 due to MDG

Answer 33

declined by 60%

Question 34

when has the WHO targeted to eliminate the disease and from where?

Answer 34

2030 in 35 countries

Question 35

what are ways of managing the disease?

Answer 35

prompt and effective treatment
nets
indoor sprays
burning mosquito coils

Question 36

why is malaria a disease of poverty?

Answer 36

due to lack of investment in projects for prevention and cures

Question 37

what climatic conditions does malaria transmission fall at?

Answer 37

high altitudes (over 1500m) 
low rainfall (below 1000mm)