Monday, March 26, 2012

Malaria: We can stop it.

A child dies every minute from Malaria in Africa. A disease so devastating should be impossible to beat right? It should be, but it's not. Malaria is extremely preventable and the resources to kill this disease are already existing.

In fact, we already have killed off malaria here in the United States because it was right in our face. It can just as easily be ended in Africa and every single part of the world, all it takes is some money and love.

Malaria is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes can be stopped. People can be saved.

Mosquitoes bite and transmit malaria most from dusk til dawn while people sleep. All it takes to keep them safe is a mosquito net to go over their bed. The mosquito net is called an LLIN, a Long Lasting Insecticidal Net that not only prevents the mosquito from biting the potential victim, but it also kills the mosquito because the net itself is treated with insecticide. This kills the mosquito and prevents it from continuing on to bite the next person who may not have a net to protect themselves.

Malaria can be stopped, and with your help we can make a huge impact.