Malaria in Africa

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Malaria in Africa

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/23/judd.commentary/index.html

Check that link out.  Sounds like something that seems relatively easy and apparently the 25th is the first Malaria Awareness day.  I haven't done any research on this too much, however at work and figured I would post this here before I forgot about it.  Ill try to post stuff later and feel free to throw in your two cents for those that may know more about the problem of Malaria in Africa.   


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I study the molecular

I study the molecular invasion mechanisms of malaria, and yes..malaria is very preventable...but it is the infrastructure in Africa that is missing.  Without proper infrastructure you cannot solve this problem.

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True, but you can save a lot more people for the dollar with malaria treatments than with aids medicine no? ALso doesn`t malaria kill more people than AIDS in africa?

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