Malaria: The Sting of Death--The Killer Bug. .
by ; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 77Global Issues. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Children -- Africa | Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Economic assistance -- Africa | Federal aid to medical research | Malaria | Malaria -- Africa | Public health -- Africa | World Health OrganizationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Public health authorities can only guess how many people die of malaria because most of the victims never make it to a clinic; the estimates range from 1 million to 3 million a year. Most of the dead are children under age 5, and 90% had the misfortune to be born in Sub-Saharan Africa, a land trapped somewhere between the modern world and the Stone Age." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article, the first in a series from The Times, examines the origins of malaria and efforts to eradicate the disease by the U.S. military, World Health Organization, World Bank, the United Nations and other groups but asserts that the lack of commitment to pledges made has resulted in "a sting of death afflicting millions."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Malaria: The Sting of Death--The Killer Bug, June 5, 2005; pp. M4.
"Public health authorities can only guess how many people die of malaria because most of the victims never make it to a clinic; the estimates range from 1 million to 3 million a year. Most of the dead are children under age 5, and 90% had the misfortune to be born in Sub-Saharan Africa, a land trapped somewhere between the modern world and the Stone Age." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article, the first in a series from The Times, examines the origins of malaria and efforts to eradicate the disease by the U.S. military, World Health Organization, World Bank, the United Nations and other groups but asserts that the lack of commitment to pledges made has resulted in "a sting of death afflicting millions."
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