This is the most responsible agent for spreading malaria.
What is a mosquito.
100
Name one of the most effective ways of preventing malaria.
1. Raise awareness
2. Take antimalarial drugs
3. Use insecticide treated nets
100
Mosquitoes breed and lay their eggs in this kind of environment.
What is still water.
100
"Every minute a child dies from Malaria” - Is this statement true or false?
True.
200
This causes Malaria.
a. Virus
b. Parasite
c. Bacteria
What is b. a parasite.
200
These are the symptoms of Malaria.
What is fever, headache, vomiting, sweating, coma, anemia, kidney failure, loss of hemoglobin in urine, etc.
200
This type of climate favours the spread of Malaria.
a. Dry
b. Tropical
c. Polar
What is b. a tropical climate.
200
This many people are at risk for developing Malaria.
a. 3 billion
b. 600 million
c. 1 billion
a. What is 3 billion (almost half the world population).
300
This is where parasites can be found in the body.
a. In red blood cells and liver cells
b. In nerve cells and germ cells
What is a. in red blood cells and liver cells.
300
This is how insecticides are used to prevent Malaria.
1. As repellent
2. Sprayed directly inside the home
3. Used to coat mosquito nets
300
This is how climate change affect the spread of Malaria.
What is increased rainfall, leading to more still waters and more mosquito breeding grounds.
What is increased temperatures, leading to longer periods of time that the mosquito can breed/survive.
300
These groups of people are most at risk for developing Malaria.
Who are children/pregnant women/people living in tropical areas/West Africans.
400
This is an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism
What is a vector
400
These organizations are involved in eradicating Malaria.
1. Who is the RED CROSS
2. Who is the UN
3. Who is the WHO
4. Who is Plan Canada
5. Who is Roll Back Malaria
6. Who is The Global Fund
400
Name one way to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.
1. What is spraying them with insecticide
2. What is draining stagnant bodies of water
3. What is introduce larvae eating fish into the environment