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Malaria and You

A little bit about me.

Why is important to talk about malaria?

What are we going to do today?

• Learn something about malaria.

• Learn some ways to prevent malaria.

Introduction

A Few Malaria Facts

Malaria is . . .

• A disease of the blood.

• Caused by the bite of a female mosquito that carries malaria parasites in its saliva.

• Similar to the flu in symptoms, but can

become deadly very quickly.

Important: If you have flulike symptoms, see a doctor!

Malaria Demonstrations

Let’s learn more about how mosquitoes bite people and transfer the malaria parasites.

Learn more about the life cycle of the mosquito.

List your ideas about how to break that life cycle.

Discuss what local or personal action can be taken.

Learn more about malaria prevention.

How Can We Prevent the Spread of Malaria?

More Malaria Demonstrations

Let’s learn about how mosquito nets keep mosquitoes away and how

to set up and maintain a mosquito net properly and

effectively.

Malaria is a deadly disease, but we can prevent it by preventing mosquito bites.

Sleep under netting.

Have room walls sprayed regularly.

Wear pants and long-sleeved shirts if you are out in the early morning and evening hours.

Clean up mosquito breeding locations.

Malaria Summary

Use the SEED Malaria Home Audit to analyze mosquito access and possible breeding locations in and around your home. Bring back your results for a discussion.

Search the Internet for additional malaria information and resources.

Think about a SEED malaria project with another school.

Follow-Up Ideas

Additional Links

SEED Malaria Web Page

SEED Malaria History

SEED Malaria Symptoms