Boy's Brigade Citizenship Stage 2

1. Boy’s Brigade Citizenship
Stage 2

2. Content
• Health Facts
• Health Effects
• Health Actions
• Entrepreneur's Challenges
• Credits

3. Health Facts
• In 2008, there were 247 million cases of malaria and
nearly one million deaths - mostly among children which
are under 5 and living in Africa.
• In Africa a child dies every 45 seconds of malaria and it
accounts for 20% of all childhood deaths.
• 22 Countries outside of Africa have reported 50% drop in
Malaria cases.
• Malaria kills 8,000 Brazilians yearly - more than AIDS and
cholera combined.

4. Health Effects
• Young children who have not yet developed protective
immunity against severe diseases are heavily at risk of the
malaria.
• Pregnant women are 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:
supports malaria control and prevention programs on three
continents - Africa, Asia, and South America
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Aga Khan Foundation
• World Malaria Day - An annual awareness day held on 25
April and organized by the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

6. • Global Health Program - The Bill & 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.
• Health and hygiene advocacy - World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a
non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation
conditions worldwide. Founded in 2001 with 15 members, it now has
235 member organizations in 58 countries working towards
eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation.

7. EntrEprEnEur’s ChallEngErs
• The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation faced financial
problems as it had to have a large sum of money and they
collect money from donors instead of being government
aided. They needed the money to get vaccines and
medicines to treat various diseases.

8. Credits
• CPL Tan Wei Xiang
• CPL Huang Jia Xin
• CPL Brandon Cheong
• CPL Xavier Tan
• CPL Elisha Santosh