{"id":9568,"date":"2015-09-18T04:56:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T04:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9568"},"modified":"2015-09-18T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T06:30:09","slug":"malaria-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/malaria-africa","title":{"rendered":"New Research Shows That Malaria In Africa Cases Were Cut In Half Since 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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'&charset='+document.characterSet : ''));\r\n   document.write (\"&loc=\" + escape(window.location));\r\n   if (document.referrer) document.write (\"&referer=\" + escape(document.referrer));\r\n   if (document.context) document.write (\"&context=\" + escape(document.context));\r\n   if ((typeof(document.MAX_ct0) != 'undefined') && (document.MAX_ct0.substring(0,4) == 'http')) {\r\n       document.write (\"&ct0=\" + escape(document.MAX_ct0));\r\n   }\r\n   if (document.mmm_fo) document.write (\"&mmm_fo=1\");\r\n   document.write (\"'><\/scr\"+\"ipt>\");\r\n\/\/]]>--><\/script>\r\n<\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/nature15535.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A recent report published in Nature journal <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shows that since the year 2000, almost 700 million cases of malaria have been prevented in Africa alone &#8211; the number of people infected fell by half. Furthermore, the World Health Organization and UNICEF say that across the globe, the death rates have decreased by 60%. This means that in the last 15 years, over 6 million lives were saved from the deadly disease. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What has changed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The biggest reason for the decline is the consistent use of bed nets; that accounted for 68% of the decline in cases. \u00a0Another 22% was due to the \u00a0treatment artemisinin and the final %10 was attributed to spraying homes with insecticide. \u00a0The study shows that 13 countries that had malaria outbreaks in 2000 had no reported cases in 2014. Another six countries had significantly less cases. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9570\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/uni174109.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/uni174109.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/uni174109-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/uni174109-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.es\/sites\/www.unicef.es\/files\/uni174109.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>There is a lot of optimism\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clearly, the recent methods are working wonders. It shows that preventing and treating malaria is possible and the world funders and governments need to stay on this path to ensure more lives are not lost: several African countries are planning to completely eliminate the disease by 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the report researchers, Dr Samir Bhatt, says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It&#8217;s just phenomenal. \u00a0Just by putting in these interventions you&#8217;ve managed to save all these cases, 700 million is a huge number and that&#8217;s the reality of what happened and that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s such an optimistic message<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9571\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malaria-blog.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malaria-blog.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malaria-blog-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malaria-blog-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c.jcket.com\/stoneyroads\/files\/2014\/11\/625x\/Malaria-blog.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The battle is not over yet \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though the infection and death rates are declining, Africa still has the most cases out of any other place in the world, with 80% of cases and 78% of deaths occurring within the continent. Malaria especially affects young children; it is widely believed that a child dies from malaria every minute in Africa. And the disease can return with a vengeance if the prevention methods are not dutifully followed. The improvement rates are already slipping behind when they should be improving. Until 2011 cases were declining by 9% a year; now it is only falling 5% a year. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9572\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/scottfiller_treatment1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/scottfiller_treatment1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/scottfiller_treatment1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/scottfiller_treatment1-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-T6SylsX3E3I\/U6HJ2UjoP8I\/AAAAAAAAAF4\/fqpA09Rd8bg\/w800-h800\/scottfiller_treatment1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Work still needs to be done<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any budget cuts for the prevention efforts would severely affect countries\u2019 ability to combat the disease. If people stop spraying their homes with insecticide, malaria will spread again very quickly. Another worry is drug resistance from mosquitoes. Dr Bhatt says &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We need to really be careful that we don&#8217;t start reducing the number of interventions and keep driving forwards. We need to keep redoubling efforts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9573\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/klamboe-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/klamboe-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/klamboe-1-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/klamboe-1-85x46.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmo.nl\/vnarena-vob\/images\/stories\/gs\/klamboe.png\" 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