HLTH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indoor Residual Spraying, Millennium Development Goals, Quinine

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH102
• Professor: David Hammond

Document Summary

Malaria a parasitic infection that is spread between people by mosquitoes, and is arguably the most important vector-transmitted disease in the world: the leading parasitic cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide . Remains the biggest cause of death for children under 5 in africa (prevalence is so high, even a low mortality rate results in so many people dying)* 200 million clinical cases of malaria in 2013. 584,000 people dying from the mosquito-borne disease. Of deaths pregnant women or children under 5. Begins as a flu-like illness 8 to 30 days after infection. Typical cycles of fever, shaking chills, and drenching sweats may develop. Death may be due to brain damage (cerebral malaria), or damage to vital organs. In sub-saharan africa, where it is the single largest cause of death for children under 5, malaria kills nearly 1 child every minute approximately. 48% decline in the # of deaths since 2000.