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A Child's Right to a Healthy EnvironmentPreventing Childhood Malaria: Strategies That Work Today and Directions for the Future

A Child's Right to a Healthy Environment: Preventing Childhood Malaria: Strategies That Work... [Malaria, an ancient plague named “Mal Air” by the Italians for its association with swampy areas, remains the most lethal single agent for children under the age of 5: it is responsible for 8% of all deaths in this population. One million children die each year, which is equivalent to one death every 30 s approximately the same number of people that die from HIV each year. Public awareness and funding for treatment and control has trailed significantly. One of the reasons for this is that 90% of the deaths are confined to children (Johansson, Newby, Renshaw, & Wardlaw, 2007). In ­addition, they live in sub-Saharan African, and so they are largely invisible to the industrialized world. However, malaria can be transmitted throughout the tropics and in temperate zones, including the USA and Europe, and it is as lethal to nonimmune adults as it is to young children. As with all infectious diseases drug-resistant strains have developed posing increased risk to travelers and residents. A number of ­economists also suggest that endemic diseases such as malaria are one of the ­primary obstacles to economic development (Teklehaimanot, McCord, & Sachs, 2007). In the case of malaria, 40% of the world’s population is affected.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Child's Right to a Healthy EnvironmentPreventing Childhood Malaria: Strategies That Work Today and Directions for the Future

Part of the The Loyola University Symposium on the Human Rights of Children Book Series (volume 1)
Editors: Garbarino, James; Sigman, Garry
Williamson, Kim C.
A Child's Right to a Healthy Environment — Aug 28, 2010
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Springer New York
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
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978-1-4419-6789-3
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31 –42
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10.1007/978-1-4419-6791-6_2
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Abstract

[Malaria, an ancient plague named “Mal Air” by the Italians for its association with swampy areas, remains the most lethal single agent for children under the age of 5: it is responsible for 8% of all deaths in this population. One million children die each year, which is equivalent to one death every 30 s approximately the same number of people that die from HIV each year. Public awareness and funding for treatment and control has trailed significantly. One of the reasons for this is that 90% of the deaths are confined to children (Johansson, Newby, Renshaw, & Wardlaw, 2007). In ­addition, they live in sub-Saharan African, and so they are largely invisible to the industrialized world. However, malaria can be transmitted throughout the tropics and in temperate zones, including the USA and Europe, and it is as lethal to nonimmune adults as it is to young children. As with all infectious diseases drug-resistant strains have developed posing increased risk to travelers and residents. A number of ­economists also suggest that endemic diseases such as malaria are one of the ­primary obstacles to economic development (Teklehaimanot, McCord, & Sachs, 2007). In the case of malaria, 40% of the world’s population is affected.]

Published: Aug 28, 2010

Keywords: Antimalarial Drug; Severe Malaria; Indoor Residual Spray; Subunit Vaccine; Malaria Vaccine

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