It affects mostly the developing world what can be done to help the developing world,sub-saharan africa and the sub-continent cover such loss of human lives.If Malaria is preventable how is it affecting so amny people and what can be done to eradicate it.
2006-10-14 06:47:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Malaria vaccines are currently in trials. Despite some fears and problems with vaccines, they truly are the answer to preventing and even eradicating many infectious diseases.
2006-10-14 09:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is this: Money.
We could have produced a vaccine for malaria years ago, however the countures most affect by it are too poor to be able to afford to buy it. This means the drug companies, where most of drug and vacine research actually takes place weren't interested in producing one.
However I believe that now a charity has been able to raise enough money to get a vaccine into trials. Hopefully the UN will sponser its distribution throught the world as they did small pox.
In repsonse to the last post, I have met many africans all of whom knew someone who has had malaria and someone on my course has had it a few times now. Do you think they deserve it? Because i sure as hell don't. People like you make me sick.
One of the reasons its hard to eradicate is that is that it is passed on through the mosquito, of which there aer millions....
2006-10-14 21:54:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DDT works well for about five years (the length of time that it takes for the mosquito population to become immune). It also has other environmental consequences. Blame Rachael Carlson (Silent Spring) for getting it banned. Anophales mosquitoes (the malaria carriers, for the most part) have to rest for a half hour, usually on a vertical surface, after feeding. Any insecticide that will kill them in a half hour or less spead on the walls and such will cut the vector for the disease. Unfortunately, insecticides are expensive (DDT is relatively cheap), but used like that are probably environmentally safe. So methods do exist, the problem is money. BTW, insecticide laced mosquito nets are fairly effective at stopping malaria. Regular nets a little less so. One also has to treat the disease to stop the vector. Malaria is also becoming immune to all known treatments. One has to stop the spread and kill the parasite, at the same time, within five years.
2016-05-22 01:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you and feel sorry for the lost lives. One has to start taking comprehensive measures against malaria. Only then we may be able to control malaria and malaria related morbidity and death. Comprehensive measures means measures against the egg, larva, adult, personal protection, and engineering methods wherein stagnation of water is prevented.
Another view that I have suggested is that if one can delay the start of treatment in malaria endemic areas for a while against what you are sure is malaria, then some bit of antigen-antibody reaction is sure to take place and which can help build up some degree of immunity, which shall be useful in the absence of malarial vaccine (and we never know when is the vaccine coming).
You may have a look at what I have proposed in either the BMJ or CMAJ.
2006-10-18 09:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by doctor2 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria Boy is most probably right. Then you have to consider the areas, the masses living in these areas and there connections with outside areas. These governments that control these areas have other concerns on their minds than people, I'm sure, things that make money, not help people. Now the Nicaraguan Government is planning a channel to the Western Coast to rival the Panama canal, watch what happens here.
2006-10-22 00:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to bring awareness among the masses to keep the suuroundings clean check the stagnant water,spraying disinfectant on the pound water if there are any.
2006-10-14 13:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you sponsor a fumigation every month & teach every person about the signs & symptoms of malaria for early detection.. early detection early cure
2006-10-15 00:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by gillette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we could vaccinate or else go on a mosquito killing spree.
2006-10-17 21:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mosquitoes carry it....dont leave pools of water lying around cover them ...get your shot right away and stay away from heating ...
2006-10-20 20:01:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider it population control where they just don't understand what birth control is.
2006-10-14 15:31:30 · answer #10 · answered by quilter156 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋