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    1. Malaria
    2. An epidemic caused by a parasite spread by mosquitoes
    3. Malaria parasites multiply inside the body and effect the liver, kidney and nervous system
    4. Symptoms: Chills Headache Sweats
      • Fatigue
      • Nausea
      • Vomiting
      death malnutrition
    5. None of the commonly used drugs eliminate the Malaria parasite. It becomes dormant. Symptoms can recur years later, even causing death.
    6. The parasites are now largely resistant to one of the two main anti-malarial drugs
    7. The parasites are now largely resistant to one of the two main anti-malarial drugs and starting to become resistant to the other.
    8. Malaria is the second leading cause of death in Africa…
    9. … and the fifth worldwide
      • Malaria can also be found in Central and South America, in Southeast Asia, 109 countries in all .
    10. Worldwide, there are 3.3 billion people potentially exposed to Malaria
    11. 300-500 million people around the world contact Malaria each year
    12. 1,500,000 die 300-500 million people around the world contact Malaria each year
    13. 85% of these are children 1,500,000 die 300-500 million people around the world contact Malaria each year
    14. Malaria is the leading killer of children under five One in ten worldwide and one in five in Africa
    15. One child dies every 30 seconds
    16. And most of these are orphans
    17. HERO A Non-Profit organization dedicated to H ealth and E ducation R esults for O rphans
      • HERO has formed a partnership with
      • Global Bio Molecular Research SA
      • which has developed a safe, effective
      • and inexpensive treatment for Malaria ParasitiX
      TM
    18. Effective within one to three days
    19. Before Treatment -Positive for Malaria- Three days later -Negative for Malaria-
    20. The HERO Malaria Initiative is to help save 1 Million children from dying of Malaria over the next 12 months
    21. Orphans need a HERO Countries need a HERO The world needs a HERO
      • Can you help?
    22. They need you
    23. Can you be her HERO?
    24. In field studies recently done in Africa, the following shows a young women about to die of Malaria and the same women six months after treatment with ParasitiX, still testing negative for Malaria
    25.  
    26. RESULTS...
    27. RESULTS... It's a matter of Life and death
    28. In the length of time it takes to look at this presentation... 14 Children died of Malaria
    29. HERO (Put the HERO logo here, filling the entire page. Get rid of the picture and copy on this page)‏
    30. Margaret M. Dolan HERO Global Alliance P.O. Box 15405 Clearwater, FL 33766 917-704-2129 [email_address] www.heroglobalalliance.org ParasitiX(TM) is a registered trademark of Bio Molecular Research SA and is used with their permission Copyright 2009 HERO Global Alliance, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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