Health - Malaria

Question 1

Cause of Malaria

Answer 1

The female anopheles mosquito

Question 2

Conditions needed for the mosquitos to survive

Answer 2

• stagnant water
• high humidity
• poor sanitation
• the shade

Question 3

Effects of Malaria

Answer 3

• fast death
• malaria effects worse in childen under 5 as they dont have enough resitance yet
• inability to work - can lead to poverty
• no money means people cant afford to send children to school
• Due to the risk of malaria tourists may not visit the area or even country

Question 4

Strategies used to manage malaria

Answer 4

• Insect repellent
• mosquito nets
• mustard seeds (drags mosquito larvae below stagant water to drown them)
• BTI coconut (coconut injected with bacteria which is thrown into stagant to posion the larvae
• malaria vaccine
  draining breeding grounds