Introduction

     Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito? Lots of people in Zimbabwe have, but with that mosquito came malaria. Malaria is a very serious and deadly disease effecting Zimbabwe and many other African countries. Everyday hundreds of young, innocent people die from malaria. Malaria can affect everyone but has the most serious effects on pregnant women, children, and the elderly. Because malaria is caused by mosquitoes, most attacks occur at night when mosquitoes are at their worst. When a mosquito carrying the malarial disease bites a human, it passes the disease onto the human (“Malaria” 95&96). Not only is malaria serious and deadly, it is also heartbreaking, expensive, frightening, and horrifying. Malaria takes lives away and causes families to become poor from the costs of the medicines, adults having to miss work, crops not being cared for, families having to travel far to find clinics, and if the patient dies, the family needing to pay for the burial (Lynette 23). If an adult dies, children may not have anyone to care for them (Lynette 23).  So, what are we to do about malaria?

      To eliminate malaria we, the United States of America, need to pull together and help donate money to find a cure, and pay for bed nets and mosquito wands to eliminate malaria. This way not only can we prevent more people from getting malaria but we can eliminate the malaria that is killing people who don’t have medicine. This disease kills hundreds of people everyday but we can do something about it by donating money so the poor citizens of Zimbabwe can receive the medicine they need. Malaria attacks are growing rapidly but with the help of our nets and wands, we can cast this problem away.

 

Links

     Within this webpage you will find several links. Under Scientific Research I will explain the disease known as malaria, what causes this disease, how it spreads, what system of the body it effects, treatments, and possible solutions to this problem. Within the Data Analysis link I will compare current expenditures for malaria, propose increased funds, show sources for increased money, explain Zimbabwe's GDP (gross domestic product), per capita income, the effects of GDP and per capita on malaria, and use appropriate statistical data to support the problem and solution. In the Geography, History, and Culture link I will illustrate how the physical geography and culture aids the spread of malaria, explain how the physical geography and culture hinders the eradication of malaria, demonstrate how the culture deals with malaria, and explain how the government has attempted to eradicate malaria. Finally in the Conclusion link I will wrap up the entire webpage and summarize. I hope I have demonstrated how these links affect the impact of malaria, as well as the solution.