Adam Nadel

"Malaria" Malaria will kill at least 500,000 children this year. In 2013, a minimum of 250,000,000 people contracted the disease, and almost half of the world’s population was at risk. Mosquitoes transmit malaria. The only way to avoid getting malaria is to avoid getting bitten. While the illness is easy to diagnose and very inexpensive to cure, the majority of people at risk of contracting malaria have very limited resources. Many can't properly feed their families, much less pay for a doctor or medication. In 1860, more than half of the United States was endemic. Wealthier countries eradicated malaria decades ago; it is easily preventable and curable when resources are allocated. Today, malaria is a disease of the poor. No longer affecting wealthier nations, it is often not seen as a great global priority. But it is a question of priorities; more money has been spent on preventing baldness than has been dedicated to finding a malaria vaccine. Recent attention and funding dedicated to malaria control have led to remarkable gains, but the disease still is the leading causes of child mortality in Africa, and the world’s most serious parasitic infection. Costing Africa alone an estimated US$12 billion annually in lost GDP, malaria’s negative impact on economic activities only reinforces poverty, destroying the chances for hundreds of millions of people to achieve better lives.

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