3. Health facts
There were 247 million cases of malaria and about
655,000 people died, where most of the cases came
from children under the age of 5 in Africa on 2008.
In Africa a child dies every 45 seconds of
malaria, and Malaria was responsible for 20% of the
childhood deaths.
Malaria also claimed 8,000 Brazilians’ lives
yearly, which is in total more than the number of
people who died from AIDs and Cholera when
combined.
4. Health Effects
Young children who have a weak immunity system
have high risks of catching Malaria.
Pregnant women are also at risk as of high rates of
miscarriage up to 60% and maternal death rates of
10-50%.
People with HIV/AIDS are highly at risk of infection
and death.
5. Health Actions
Organisations fighting to ease malaria include:
-USAID: which supports malaria control and prevention
programs on three continents - Africa, Asia, and South
America
-Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative by UNICEF (United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund)
-World Health Organization (WHO)
-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
-World Bank
-Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
-Aga Khan Foundation
-Lutheran World Relief
-World Vision
6. Health Actions
25 April became World Malaria Day, which is annually
organised by the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsors a Global
Health Program that harnesses advances in science and
technology to save lives in poor countries. They focus on
the health problems that have a major impact in
developing countries but get too little attention and
funding. Where proven tools exist, they support
sustainable ways to improve their delivery, and where
they don't, they invest in research and development of
new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and
diagnostics.
7. Challenges faced by the Entrepreneurs
(Bill and Melinda gates Foundation
The foundation faced financial problems as it had to
have a large sum of money to get vaccines and
medicine to treat Malaria.
