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- Malaria
- What is malaria?
- Malaria is a life threatening disease of the blood transmitted by a bite from the female mosquito
- Symptoms
- Headaches
- Fever
- Drowsiness
- Vomitting
- Diarrhea
- How does it spread?
- A bite from the female mosquito
- The mosquito must be infected with the virus first
- A bite from the female mosquito
- What is the RBM campaign?
- To have a world free from malaria
- Provide protection from malaria
- What parts of the world are worst affected
- Tropics
- Sub- Saharan Africa
- Central and South America
- What conditions encourage the malaria to spread?
- Stagnant water
- Heat
- How can it be prevented?
- Mosquito nets
- Pesticides
- How many people are affected worldwide?
- Kills 200 children every hour
- 2 million people die from it every year
- 600,000 children die from it every year
- Millions suffer from the fevers it causes
- What is malaria?
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