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Malaria
Malaria in humans is caused by one of four protozoan species of the genus Plasmodium: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, or P. malariae (1). All species are transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Although malaria can be a fatal disease, illness and death from malaria can usually be prevented.
Malaria is a major international public health problem, causing 350-500
million infections worldwide and approximately 1 million deaths annually.
The above information was obtained from the U.S. CDC website and updated
information may be found on the CDC Travelers’ Health website:
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx. If you are planning on
volunteering abroad you should look at this travel guide.
On July 24 2007, we received the following word from Pastor Maurice: “I am very sorry and sorrowful to inform you that we lost one of our very good teachers. Her name was Maria (Mary) Adhiambo Ochuodho. Mary was a hard working teacher and loved the children so much. She was the longest-serving teacher in our institution. She started with us while we were still in Oyugis. She died of Malaria.” Malaria is very common in Africa and many of Hearth to Hearth Ministries' staff and orphans have been ill with it and several have had to go to the hospital. Esther, Hearth to Hearth Ministries' Director, contracted Malaria on a visit to Africa to check on the orphans and orphanages, and had to be hospitalized when she got back to the U.S. The Malaria parasites attack the red blood cells and cause the person that is infected to become very weak from anemia.
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