Malaria affects the health and wealth of nations and people in every part of the world. Malaria is a very serious, life threathing disease that is passed from person to person. It is one of the largest diseases around the world. Malaria has been on earth since the mid – Pleistocene age. It is a very ancient disease that has moved to be one of the most dangerous and deadly diseases in the world.
Malaria is one of the major public health challenges in some of the poorest countries in the world. “The reality is that malaria is a disease of poor countries” (McGinn 63). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) every year about 350 million people around the world will suffer from malaria, and from this number approximately 2 to 3 million people will die from this disease. Malaria usually occurs in tr
The people of the world need to step up their efforts in this fight against malaria. Industrialized countries, like the United States need to stop ignoring Africa and the fight against malaria. By ignoring the disease and refusing to send the adequate assistance, they are only keeping the African people down. Due to disease, the sub-Saharan countries of Africa have lost billions in economic gain and have not been able to build the infrastructure required to maintain any possible type of economic system. If the United States sees it as its duty to build the world around its standards, then instead of spending hundreds of billions on war and destruction, some of that money needs to go towards the eradication of malaria in Africa and to help building up the economies of the African countries so that they can compete with the rest of the world.