Wednesday, December 16, 2009

WHO: World report on Malaria 2009

Although this health blog has already treated in several occasions the topic of the malaria or malaria, in this opportunity it will turn to refer to this illness since the World Report appeared on the Malaria 2009. In the same one there is detailed, between other things, the work realized by the World Organization of the Health to fight the illness. As informed the international organism, it is still missing very much for doing as regards this topic.

Bed with mosquito net

The malaria is produced by parasites of the species Plasmodium and it distinguishes neither age nor genre, as he informed that it does a time the same blog, who added that this illness is transmitted across the sting of infected mosquitoes and can turn out to be mortal, if there is not realized a clinical treatment adapted to the patient.

The World Organization of the Health (WHO) is worn out of tireless form in order to fight against this illness (for example distributing mosquito nets and medical treatments).

To fulfill the Targets of Development of the Millenium it is necessary to increase the actions and to continue for the same footpath, he reported the web site of the WHO, that there was done echo of the World Report on the Malaria 2009, and added that it is necessary to improve the coverage of the programs of control of the illness.

This important document tells that, although the financing has increased greatly in the last years, it is still much moved away of having the ideal funds for the struggle against the malaria or malaria. According to the report, 5.000 million dollars a year it would be the necessary number, he published the web of the WHO.

Before finishing this article, and related to the topic in question, it would be important to emphasize that some weeks ago the World Fund of Struggle against the AIDS, the Tuberculosis and the Malaria decided to grant approximately approximately 17 million euros to Brazil to fight and to brake the expansion of the malaria in his territory.

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