https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v By Devin, Sara, Kennedy, Paige, Josh, and Myla en-us 2018-04-23 00:11:04 UTC 2023-01-23 03:52:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png 210045021_2 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254963909 Malaria is a disease that attacks and destroys red blood cells, normally leading to death. The disease is caused by a microscopic single-celled parasite, or protozoan, carried by the Anopheles Mosquito.
This mosquito then carries eggs with them that have bacteria, and when they suck blood out of humans they leave the eggs behind causing malaria to develop in the body. Mosquitoes also become carriers when they bite someone who already has Malaria and then bites another person. 
Vaccinations are the most important we decided because since Africa is poor than most countries they can not afford as much necessities to be healthy.  Food, Water and medical treatment are some examples.  If we pitch in and help them with their healthcare then their immune systems will become stronger and the population will start to increase more slower.  
With stronger Immune Systems it will help Africans to fight off Malaria and survive more often.]]> 2018-04-24 17:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254963909 21004530 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254964988 -Second leading cause of death
-300 to 500 million cases with 1 to 2 million fatalities
-Kills a helpless child every 30 seconds
-300-600 million people suffer from malaria each year.
-About 1,000,000 people die from malaria each year.
-Killed twice as many people in 2000 than 1990
-Causes anemia in pregnant women
-Kills within  72 hours
-Half the world is at risk
- Keeps kids from receiving an education
An estimated 12 Billion Dollars a year 
-It is shown that Sub-Saharan Africa takes 90% of lives away because of Malaria.  It is the biggest hot spot for malaria victims in Africa  due to stagnant water and humid weather conditions.]]> 2018-04-24 17:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254964988 210045021_2 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254966067 Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, and affects most of Southern Africa.

Where Malaria Originated
The first evidence of malaria parasites was found in mosquitoes preserved in amber and were over 30 million years old.

In 1880, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French army surgeon stationed in Constantine, Algeria, and was the first to notice Malaria parasites on one of his patients on November 6, 1880. For his discovery of this terrible disease, he was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1907. 

 

]]> 2018-04-24 18:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254966067 saraterwilliger3 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254975600 (Budget of $10,000,000)
- medicines and treatments
     -chloroquine (an anti-parasitic and immunosuppressive drug)
  - was the first medicine administered for treatment of malaria about 400 years ago
       - about $2.40 US per treatment
       -A trial done by World Health Organization proves that giving vaccines to younger children reduced malaria  by 39%.
-Proving that younger children should be the first priority because they are the future and can help to increase Africa's population size along with staying healthy.
- mosquito nets
        -last 3-4 years
           - have insecticides on them 
        - protects an average of two people each 
        - affordable ($2 each) 

  
 ]]> 2018-04-24 18:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/254975600 21004098 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/255382207 We will divide the 10,000,000 into two categories:

• Medicines and Treatments - Using the UNICEF fact sheet it states that the price for treatment is $2 using $6,000,000 allowing us to treat 3 million people
• Mosquito Nets- Using the UNICEF price analysis for mosquito nets that 190 x 180 x 150cm, roughly the size of a king sized bed for $1.84 each. Using $4,000,000 we will be able to provide 2,173,913 nets for African families. 

]]> 2018-04-25 18:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/255382207 21004388 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/255382527 There are many problems that Africa is facing right now. Though these problems such as HIV/AIDS and Poaching can prove fatal to Africa's economy and community, Malaria is more serious and needs to be put above HIV/AIDS and poaching because it is the only "disease" that has a cure. Also, the amount of casualties each year from Malaria exceeds the HIV/AIDS and poaching by the millions.

HIV/AIDS
Though HIV/AIDS can be prevented, it cannot be cured. HIV/AIDS can be prevented through  sexual education, protection, etc, but for everyone that already has HIV/AIDS, you cannot be much about. It is unreasonable to pursue this problem over Malaria because it will only benefit a limited people. To compare the two diseases, HIV kills approximately 170 people a day, which equals up to about 62,050 people a year. Malaria, on the other hand, kills about 1,000,000 each year, most of them being children under the age of 5. According to UNAIDS, worldwide there are 36.7 million people infected with HIV/AIDS as of 2016, and there are about 5,000 new infections a day. So by the end of 2018, about 3.65 million people will have contracted the disease. This leads to a final number of about 40 million people infected with HIV/AIDS as of 2018. with alone with HIV/Aids. With Malaria, 300-600 million people suffer from Malaria each year. That's 500 million more people than HIV/AIDS. With these stats, it is clear that Malaria is the more serious problem because of how many people are infected with Malaria and how many people die each year from Malaria.

Poaching
You cannot really call poaching a disease, but it is a problem with no cure. You cannot revive the animals that are already dead, but only help those you are still alive. One of the very few things you can really do about poaching is to create and enforce laws against illegal poaching, but there are already laws that protect certain species. Although these laws do exist, poaching still continues to happen to these animals. 1000 people die each year from protecting rhinos, compared to 1million people dying each year from Malaria. 


]]> 2018-04-25 18:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/255382527 21004388 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256192346 2018-04-28 03:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256192346 saraterwilliger3 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193370 2018-04-28 03:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193370 saraterwilliger3 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193390 2018-04-28 03:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193390 saraterwilliger3 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193455 2018-04-28 03:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256193455 210041181_2 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256333275 Malaria is a very old disease. The first case recorded was in 1880, since then it has been devastating millions and millions of families and communities. In 1880 we didn't have the technology to control malaria, but now in 2018, we DO have that technology and medicine to control and maybe eliminate the problem at hand.]]> 2018-04-29 19:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256333275 21004098 https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256364953  Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.]]> 2018-04-30 00:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/210045021_2/ushjuqshpl1v/wish/256364953