{"id":8994,"date":"2021-03-03T20:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T20:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=8994"},"modified":"2021-08-26T23:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T23:15:42","slug":"what-is-malaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Malaria?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8994\" class=\"elementor elementor-8994\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b3244a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b3244a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1af8332\" 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data-id=\"776d93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Malaria<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6efd97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"c6efd97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-malaria-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9001 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-malaria\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Malaria?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9002 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-causes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Malaria causes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9003 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-symptoms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Malaria symptoms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9004 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-prevention\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Malaria prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9005 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Malaria Factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9006 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-travel-tips\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Malaria Travel Tips<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd6e51 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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What is it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134ae1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"134ae1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Malaria is a common but deadly infection in hot, tropical areas of the world. Malaria (although rarely) can also occur in temperate climates. Malaria is caused by a parasite known as\u00a0<b>Plasmodium<\/b>, injected into your body (blood) by the bite of the female anopheles mosquitoes.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Experts say Malaria is a disease of poverty \u2014 afflicting primarily the poor who tend to live in malaria-prone rural living places that offer very little or no barriers against mosquitoes.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">It is common in many areas in Africa because of its wet, humid and hot climate. The dampness and warmth provide perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes. These mosquitoes usually bite between dusk and dawn.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_9075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9075\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9075\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/malaria-the-female-anopheles-mosquito.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of a mosquito\" width=\"600\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/malaria-the-female-anopheles-mosquito.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/malaria-the-female-anopheles-mosquito-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of a mosquito<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p1\">This is an illustration of a mosquito. It is a tiny insect.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The colors used here are only suggestive.<\/p><h5><b>FACTS<\/b><\/h5><p class=\"p1\">Estimated deaths from malaria globally:<\/p><ul><li class=\"p1\">2019: 409 000 (ISBN 978-92-4-001579-1 (electronic version))<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2018: 405 000\u00a0<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2017: 416 000<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2010: 585 000<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">Between 2010 and 2018 the incident rate declined globally from 71 to 57 cases per 1000 population at risk.\u00a0<\/p><h6><i>Source: World malaria report 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2019. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. ISBN 978-92-4-156572-1<\/i><\/h6><p class=\"p1\">It is estimated that more than 400 000 people die of malaria each year. about 70% of them are children under the age of five.<\/p><h5><b>Is there a vaccine for Malaria?<\/b><\/h5><p class=\"p1\">For many decades, there has been intense research into finding a malaria vaccine, but there has not been any available commercially. One that is being used in the meantime is called RTS,S\/AS01. Currently, there are about seven countries in Africa, including Ghana, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Malawi who are participating in a clinical trial for the vaccine. Later this year (2014) the World Health Organisation (WHO) may recommend the use of the vaccine from 2015.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u2014Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/events\/detail\/2016\/06\/08\/default-calendar\/pdvac-2016\"><span class=\"s1\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/immunization\/topics\/en\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-de22c61\" data-id=\"de22c61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee0c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dee0c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e37005c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e37005c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98d05f4\" data-id=\"98d05f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bac628\" data-id=\"6bac628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d69c74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7d69c74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/malaria-causes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaria What is Malaria? 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