Malaria

*CAUSES

SYMPTOMS

• Fever
• Liver problems
• Fatigue
• Vomiting

*LIFE CHANGES/ EFFECTS ON THE BODY

TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

• Eating yams can build an immunity to malaria.
• Wearing mosquito spray so you don't get bitten.
• Chloroquine not a cure but partially works.
• There is no cure yet.

SOME FACTS

• Over 1 million deaths per year are caused by malaria
• Every year 10 percent of the world population is infected by malaria.
• Every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria.
• About 3,000 children die in Africa from malaria every day.
• About 40 percent of everyone on the planet is at risk of becoming infected.

CONCLUSION

WORK CITED

• "malaria." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. .
• Bibliographic Citation Day, Nancy. Malaria, west Nile, and other mosquito-borne diseases. Berkeley heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2001. 49-59. Print. In Text Citation (Day 49-59)