L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Birth Weight, Johnny Cueto, Roll Back Malaria Partnership
31 Oct 2016
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Malaria big three of global health (hiv, tb) Office of malaria control in war areas (predecessor of cdc) established in 1942. Cooperative undertaking by state and local health agencies of 13 southeastern states, the cdc, and the phs. 1947-1952: spray applications, wetlands drainage, disruption of mosquito breeding sites. Want to get rid of swamps and wetlands to eradicate sites for malaria to be contracted. Government engaging in state run/state controlled public projects. Ddt is harmful to humans, carcinogenic, neurological/genetic disorders . Transmitted by mosquito bites parasites travel through bloodstream to. Symptoms occur one month after injection high fevers, shaking, chills, flu- the liver, where they can mature and release more parasites that infest blood cells like symptoms, anemia. Range from uncomplicated to complicated, depending what type of malaria you are contracted with. (alf of world lives in malaria endemic region (cid:885)(cid:882)(cid:882)-500 million ppl affected every year.
