What's Malaria?

Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease and is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. There are 350–500 million cases of malaria annually killing 1-3 million people, mostly young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the most common and most deadly of the four malaria parasites. Malaria is transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito usually during the rainy season in certain climates and geographical regions.

Symptoms typically appear within 9 to 14 days after the infected bite and include fever, headache, vomiting, and other flu-like manifestations. If effective drugs are not available for treatment, the infection can rapidly become life-threatening.

For more information:
  Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders
  Malaria Facts, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  AFRICA@home
  malariacontrol.net

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