What is falciparum malaria'

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PROTECTION FROM MALARIA?
By Ishan, Ibra and Pelumi
Our Aim?
OUR OBJECTIVES?
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What is malaria?

• Malaria is a deadly disease that attacks 300 to
  500 million people each year.
• It is mainly a disease of poverty and attacks
  children under the age of five.
• Malaria are mostly found in Africa, Asia and
  South America as shown in the map.

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What makes malaria so dangerous?

• Falciparum malaria is dangerous deadly disease.
• It causes fever, headache, vomiting and other
  flu-like symptoms.

Malaria kills by infecting and destroying red
blood cells (anaemia) and by clogging the
capillaries that carries blood to the brain
(cerebral malaria) or other vital organs.
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Method

• Find out what type of protection there are for
  malaria already and how effective they are.
• Find what if any- type of vaccine there are to
  protect people from falciparum malaria.

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