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Mission Malaria

Mission Malaria. Linking Liverpool and Malawi. Diagnosing malaria. How do doctors know when a person has malaria? How do they look for it? What do they look for?. Diagnosing malaria. Diagnosing malaria. Diagnosing malaria. What are you looking for? Non-consistent blood cells

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Mission Malaria

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  1. Mission Malaria Linking Liverpool and Malawi Supported by Wellcome Trust

  2. Diagnosing malaria • How do doctors know when a person has malaria? • How do they look for it? • What do they look for? Supported by Wellcome Trust

  3. Diagnosing malaria Supported by Wellcome Trust

  4. Diagnosing malaria Supported by Wellcome Trust

  5. Diagnosing malaria • What are you looking for? • Non-consistent blood cells • Elongated blood cells • Bright dots on cells • Trophozoites. • Gametocytes. The sexual stages of the parasite. Supported by Wellcome Trust

  6. Where does malaria strike? • Reminder of the key conditions for malaria to spread: • Hot countries • Countries with high humidity levels • Poor countries • Places that tend to have areas of standing water Supported by Wellcome Trust

  7. Where does malaria strike? Supported by Wellcome Trust

  8. Where does malaria strike? Supported by Wellcome Trust

  9. Malaria worldwide • Each year, there are more than 225 million cases of malaria worldwide (2010 figures) • 781,000 people die each year • This is 2.23% of all worldwide deaths • Majority of deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa • Malaria is strongly associated with poverty • Children under five are at particular risk Supported by Wellcome Trust

  10. Malaria in Malawi Supported by Wellcome Trust

  11. Malaria in Malawi • Eight million cases of malaria in Malawi each year (2009 figures) • Higher incidences of malaria at the shores of Lake Malawi than inland • 100% of the Malawian population are at risk of malaria • 50% of school-age children are infected Supported by Wellcome Trust

  12. Malaria in Malawi Supported by Wellcome Trust

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