Malaria by Melissa Gabrych and Daniel Cepeda

Hello anthropology class.

My name is melissa average.

Um I did this presentation with daniel Chipata and we

are happy to talk about mosquitoes and malaria.

Um We did chapter two and it was called of

mosquitoes and Men about.

Okay, so to begin, I think it's important to define

what malaria is and what is the cause of malaria.

So malaria is the leading cause of death worldwide for

Children under six and it is caused by protozoa, which

is a parasite that lives in red blood cells, malaria

is transmitted through and a feline mosquitoes and they transmit

malaria from person to person through bites the female mosquito

bites an infected person and feed and they inject sparrow

sites into the new person and that transmits the disease.

When a person is infected with malaria, their symptoms or

chills, vomiting and extreme sickness which can lead to death.

Humans facilitate the spread of the disease by leaving it

untreated as they do not have access to clean running

water and when you live in an agricultural area, it's

a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Humans have adapted malaria's mothers are giving their Children passive

immunity and those in West Africa are building up immunity

through inherited immunity.

So Um it is considered a public health problem in

Africa. Um there is 106 species of mosquitoes in Mali,

which is a country in Western Africa moreover.

Within um chapter to the author mentions um what is

the cause of malaria and that mosquitoes caused them.

Um And it's important to mention that two of the

colleagues of the author died from the bites and this

was one of the main reasons why the author left

molly molly has a wide variety of mosquitoes.

The eco system that the region provides is conducive to

its reproduction.

Besides being super annoying, they can cause the death of

an individual disease they, diseases they transmitted are not treated

in time.

So moving on to the next slide, mosquitoes are transmitters

of various viruses and bacteria included.

Arab viruses, protozoa, ins and Phil aria.

I sincerely apologize if I'm butchering all these words.

Um all these viruses can cause serious infectious diseases such

as Dengue, chikungunya or malaria.

They are especially located in tropical areas for them.

Warm and humid areas are the best places to live

and reproduce.

There are two important ways to protect yourself from mosquitoes

and those are inset insect nests and incest incest decides.

It's super important to note that poor countries with low

economic resources is a problem.

Malaria is a problem, as families do not have enough

resources to cure those who are infected.

There are three families of mosquitoes that can cause the

disease. And within these families, there are several different species.

Um so as you can see on the bottom left,

it is the eighties mosquito and they cause yellow fever,

Dengue and chikungunya.

It transmits the virus through zika, which is a world

health problem in the middle there it's a QX which

is which causes fibromyalgia and flabby viruses.

And then the far right as you can see is

the anopheles, which is uh causes malaria, limb flatted fleur,

isis, fluorosis and Haribo viruses.

So moving on to the next slide, malaria in mali

and again, molly is in western africa, malaria is the

first cause of death in mali.

Um There's three malaria zones which is a stable malaria

zone, an unstable malaria zone and uh sporadic malaria zone.

So the first one is the stable malaria zone, which

is a Gideon and Sudanese zones and the dams and

the inner*** delta areas.

Um These the malaria is transmitted throughout the year.

The second zone is an unstable malaria zone and that

is when intermittent transmission occurs.

And that's in the Sahelian Saharan zone.

And lastly, the sporadic malaria zone means the population has

no immunity.

All age groups are being exposed to severe and complicated

malaria infections.

It's important to note.

The most affected populations are the people who are internally

displaced refugees and populations with limited geography, geographical access to

health care centers.

Other factors which contribute to malaria being very dangerous is

political insecurity, um deteriorated state of health care.

And it causes social issues specifically because of the economical

impact in poorer countries.

So what are the symptoms of malaria?

So, malaria uh includes fever and flu like illnesses, shaking,

headache, muscle aches and tiredness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea can

occur. Uh, malaria can cause anemia and jaundice and a

lot of other complications.

And this is due to the loss of red blood

cells. In addition to being terribly sick, there are complications

that do occur because of malaria.

Um, so the complications are liver failure in john dee's

um shock due to a sudden drop in blood pressure.

Um there is preliminary Kadima, which is a build up

of fluid in the lungs, acute respiratory distress syndrome, an

abnormally low blood sugar and kidney failure are just a

few to note.

Okay, moving on to the next slide, um, it's just

a review of what I just talked about the symptoms

of malaria.

Here is another slide with symptoms of liver, liver damage

from the medication.

So it includes abdominal pain and swelling, nausea and vomiting.

Um, john Dee's severe fatigue or sleepiness, fever and disorientation

or confusion.

And we're on our last slide here um, since this

is an anthropology class, it is important for us to

highlight that there are social and cultural facts um that

can be attributed to malaria as well.

And they are worth noting, me and Daniel feel it's

really important to address the social and cultural facts.

Malaria is a cause of poverty and poverty exacerbates the

malaria situation.

It is expensive for individuals and governments.

The use of mosquito nets is one of the solutions

for malaria control.

However, this generates a significant expense for the state and

for families in extreme uh poverty situations in mali, the

population seeks urgent care in private medical centres, since public

medicine cannot provide treatment quickly.

So the effects of globalization and modern medicine have led

to the abandonment of traditional treatments, such as Queen nine.

Mhm. So, in conclusion, as malaria is a problem that

causes the highest number of death of deaths in the

nation, It should be concerned for the world in general.

Um, and the poor distribution of wealth, overpopulation and globalization

have limited the control of the disease that has a

cure. The problem of malaria may not be the virus

itself, but in poor economic management and poor prevention and

control plans.

Since mosquitoes and viruses cannot be eliminated, good distribution of

resources and education can keep this disease under control and

reduce, reduce deaths by very high percentage.

And the final slide is the works we have cited

and where we got all our information from.

Thank you guys for listening.

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