I can travel all around the US and not worry about malaria. When I travel to Africa there is a significant risk of contracting malaria among many other diseases that are not prevalent in North America. Fact: Malaria is the number one killer in all age groups in Sub Saharan Africa with the only exception being HIV/AIDS in the 15 to 59 age bracket, closely followed by malaria.

I do believe they have the flu in Africa as well.

Open mouth, insert foot, again.




THE REALITY OF MALARIA

The largest killer of children

Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, about 3000 children every day.

Over one million people die from malaria each year, mostly children under five years of age, with 90 per cent of malaria cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A heavy disease burden

An estimated 300-600 million people suffer from malaria each year.
More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives in malaria-risk areas.

Malaria is particularly damaging to pregnant women and their unborn children. It can result in maternal anaemia and low birth weight - the single greatest risk factor for death during the first months of life.

Drug-resistance

Low cost, commonly used therapies are increasingly ineffective.
In many parts of Africa, 70 per cent of malaria cases are resistant to cheap existing antimalarials such as chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.