Comments on: Malaria Infections in Africa

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:47:04 +0000

And the answer is …

False.

Although malaria is an easily preventable disease, because of increasing drug resistance and struggling health-care systems, malaria infections in Africa have actually increased during the last three decades.

(Source: malarianomore.org, November 2008)

By: Sara Benson

Sara Benson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:46:13 +0000

The number of infections is rising.

My question is how have recent advances in medicine and so forth affected the number of malaria deaths? Are people being treated more effectively, or are the number of deaths from malaria rising too?

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:57:50 +0000

We are biting back!!!

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:57:35 +0000

True because of all the nets

By: Amy Wallace

Amy Wallace — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:35:32 +0000

I’ll say False

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:14:52 +0000

No decrease.

By: Judith Tremblay

Judith Tremblay — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:26:02 +0000

Sarah is right. Actually, they’ve increased, despite malaria being an easily preventable disease.

I was actually surprised at the answer when I researched the question–I thought they would have gone down.

Let’s keep bringing those mosquito nets!

By: Sarah Charles

Sarah Charles — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:59:07 +0000

It has not decreased.