Summary: Students analyze causes, effects, prevention and treatment of malaria in the world over.
Description: Malaria is one of the oldest and most frequently occurring infections diseases in humans. Malaria kills more than 2.7 million people a year, most of them children and pregnant women in sub-Sahara Africa. Only tuberculosis and HIV -AIDS take similar toll. Half a billion people are infected by malaria annually. Though most do survive, many of them still suffer years later from the anaemia and development disorders caused by severe malaria infection. It is really disheartening to see the rate at which malaria ends the lives of young ones in our midst mostly due to ignorance. BBC reported and UN confirmed it same day, that over 3,000 children die everyday of malaria in Africa. This project is motivated by preventable deaths of students whom I know. The painful thing is that the same ignorance persists despite advances made in finding cure and vaccine trials for malaria. We are all partners in this anti-malaria crusade - so join us! This project has also enabled us to develop SLAM (Student Leaders Against Malaria)
- Facilitator(s): Tommie_Hamaluba
- Country: Botswana
- Languages: English
- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: Students analyze causes, effects, prevention and treatment of malaria in the world over, with the case study being done in Botswana where an annual campaign is held every July after students have fundraised for nets.
- Outcomes: At the end of the day, each country will come up with analysis comparing the findings in one country to the other. Written summary describing the malaria project i.e. What students did, what they learned, what changes they would make in the future.
- Related Links:
http://www.net4nets.net/
http://www.globalalliancebotswana.com
http://ads-gss.blogspot.com/