You're wasting your breath, Bob, telling people on this forum about the plight of poor people dying from malaria.
One of the people responsible for 10s of millions of those deaths -- Rachel Carson -- is a hero to many on this forum. --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature1/ > > "We live on a malarious planet. It may not seem that way from the > vantage point of a wealthy country, where malaria is sometimes > thought of, if it is thought of at all, as a problem that has mostly > been solved, like smallpox or polio. In truth, malaria now affects > more people than ever before. It's endemic to 106 nations, > threatening half the world's population. In recent years, the > parasite has grown so entrenched and has developed resistance to so > many drugs that the most potent strains can scarcely be controlled. > This year malaria will strike up to a half billion people. At least a > million will die, most of them under age five, the vast majority > living in Africa. That's more than twice the annual toll a generation > ago. > > The outcry over this epidemic, until recently, has been muted. > Malaria is a plague of the poor, easy to overlook. The most > unfortunate fact about malaria, some researchers believe, is that > prosperous nations got rid of it. In the meantime, several distinctly > unprosperous regions have reached the brink of total malarial > collapse, virtually ruled by swarms of buzzing, flying syringes.... > > To witness the full force of malaria's stranglehold on Zambia, it's > essential to leave the capital city, Lusaka. Drive north, across the > verdant plains, past the banana plantations and the copper mines— > copper is Zambia's primary export—and into the forested region tucked > between the borders of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the > Congo. This is the North-Western Province. It is almost entirely > rural; many villages can be reached only by thin footpaths worn into > the beet-red soil. A nationwide health survey in 2005 concluded that > for every thousand children under age five living in the North- > Western Province, there were 1,353 cases of malaria. An annual rate > of more than 100 percent seems impossible, a typo. It is not. What it > means is that many children are infected with malaria more than once > a year. >
