M alaria

1. Malaria By: Elise Ayala P8 PYP Exhibition 2014

2. Personal Connection • I have never had to worry about malaria but now that I am moving to a place with high risk of malaria, it worries me • General information • Malaria is transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito which has bitten someone else with malaria • Malarial mosquitoes like to come out at night in the warm, damp weather and in the morning when the sun is rising • Malaria is a disease that can cause death • 81% of children dying of malaria are under 5 years old

3. Local Connection • Not many people know that there is malaria in Azerbaijan • In this region there are only six places that have malaria • Russian Federation, Rostav Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran Azerbaijan 1990 - 22 cases 1994 – 667 cases 1995 - 2,840 cases 1996 - 13,135 cases No cases in 2013

4. Global Connection • Malaria is in 4 continents • North America, South America, Asia and Africa • Malaria is more likely to occur in Africa • Malaria seems to occur near the equator, both north and south • About 500 million people are affected by malaria and between 1 and 1.5 million people die from it every year worldwide

5. Africa • Malaria is a very big worry in Africa because a lot of people are affected • In Africa there are 53 countries and 41 of those countries have malaria • In Africa people may be poor and cannot afford to buy things they need for their health

6. Quiz • How many countries in Africa have malaria out of 53? • What insect gives malaria? • How many places in our region have malaria? • How old are 81% of the children dying? • What kind of weather do mosquitoes like?

7. Life cycle of the mosquito • They only live for 2 weeks • They have to have water • They only need a small of water to be born

8. How to protect yourself • Use bed nets and bug repellent every day and night • Take malaria prevention pills • When you go outside wear long sleeves, long pants and closed shoes • Keep the air-conditioning on at all times • Keep windows and doors shut at all times • Dump, dry or drain all standing water

9. Mosquitoes • Treat every mosquito like it’s bad • Mosquitoes can carry lots of diseases like malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, etc. • Some mosquitoes do not carry any disease • Mosquitoes may not always be deadly but they sure are annoying

10. How I feel about malaria and why it is important to me • Malaria is important to me because of all the lives that it is ending • I will soon be moving to a place called Luanda, Angola which has malaria in it • To know that a child is dying every minute because of malaria makes me want to make a difference • Most of the children dying are under the age of 5 • It is not fair that a 5 year old’slife is taken away just because of one mosquito bite

11. Quiz • When do mosquitoes come out? • How many continents out of seven have malaria? • Name two of the continents? • Finish the sentence: Treat every mosquito… • What do you wear when mosquitoes come out? • Do mosquitoes carry other diseases?

12. Reference page • Chevron- Malaria Awareness Program • Google images • www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10900910 • Author- Ministry Of Health Of The Republic Of Azerbaijan Baku • Date: 2000 Apr-Jun [2]:16-7