Wasn鈥檛 malaria eradicated years ago
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2007-11-11 21:02:32
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Government of the concerned countries are claiming that, but recently many of this countries spotted this decease.
No, not in all parts of the world. Malaria has been eradicated from many developed countries with temperate climates. However, the disease remains a major health problem in many developing countries, in tropical and subtropical parts of the world.
An eradication campaign was started in the 1950s, but it failed globally because of problems including the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides used to kill them, the resistance of malaria parasites to drugs used to treat them, and administrative issues. In addition, the eradication campaign never involved most of Africa, where malaria is the most common.
Nope it was not entirely wiped out. There are still parts of the world such as in Africa that continue to have issues with malaria, and yes sometimes outbreaks can occur in this country. One of the last ones occurred in FL (learned that from a PBS special on the subject that aired about a year ago).
No, malaria has never been eradicated in India. Every year millions of people suffer from this disease and many succumb at last. As long as we fail to eradicate mosqitoes, malaria will frighten us.
The 400 million people who died of malaria last year would probably beg to differ with you.