Deaths have declined by nearly 40 percent in past 10 years
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from:msnbc.comMalaria deaths could reach zero by 2015, WHO says
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Finally, some news and goals anyone on the planet can enjoy.
Let's not forget the Bill and Malinda Gates.foundation
He has put in a great effort and resources to help fighting the Maleria deaths.
Kudos to Bill and Malinda
I think that former President G.W. Bush may actually have played a role in increased U.S. funding for this and, if so, does deserve some credit for it. However, it would be one of a very small number of things that he did get right in my opinion.
I'm also a little surprised that Patrick and the rest of the anti-vaccine crowd aren't here yet trying to explain how vaccines had nothing to do with this...
Malaria is not controlled by vaccines, its a parasite not a virus or a bacterial infection. This is because of more effective and more availability of treatments to the affected populations, usually in poor countries and regions.
From the picture accompanying the article:
"Iren Salama holds her baby Pendo, who is receiving an injection as part of a malaria vaccine trial at a clinic in the Kenya coastal town of Kilifi on Nov. 23, 2010"
Good news. Pretty soon North Americans will need a malaria vaccine, too.
"funding for malaria had increased more than 15-fold since 2003, jumping from 62 million pounds ($98.5 million) a year then to 93 million pounds ($148 million) a year by 2010".
That's hardly 15-fold.
Don't worry...this will lead to further overpopulation consequences. The countries that suffer(ed) from malaria the most won't adjust to their lower death rate and that will result in simply lower quality of life. You might not die from malaria but you'll live a more miserable life. Either that or population density will reach a tipping point and be ripe for another disease to wipe people out or the weather will unleash a more tragic natural disaster.
Malaria doesn't kill a majority of it's victims but a huge number of them do suffer from it's symptoms and other complications for the rest of their lives. Do you really think that it's victims will be living a more miserable life when/if they are freed of this scourge? Maybe we can help keep their population down by carpet bombing then strafing their villages afterwards. I'm sure they would thank us for it later.
Is the author mathematically challenged? Deaths decreased from "almost one million to 781,000". That sounds like a 22% drop--very respectable, but how does it become "nearly 40%"?
40% when adjusted for total population growth in that same period. Using WHO numbers comes back as 38.7% adjusted reduction (rounds off as 40)
Mother Nature takes care of herself. Something else will come along.
off that i have absolutly no doubt.
Darwin is right. The bugs reproduce faster as a consequence they adapt faster then we can.
Finally some positive news. Good work humanity.
Could have done it long ago if DDT hadn't been given a bad rap.
Thank you for this report on malaria, I always thought it would never be gone especially in countries that has it like Africa where alot of people die from it.It makes us smarter on subjects of this kind in health.