Comments on: Let’s tame malaria http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/2009/07/09/lets-tame-malaria/ Conversations from ActionAid International Tanzania Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: abdul kajumulo http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/2009/07/09/lets-tame-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-44 abdul kajumulo Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:11:22 +0000 http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/?p=32#comment-44 people do work and malaria mostly attacks pregnant women and children under five, so you can see. some they get treatment and becomes well but some dies and the diseases keep on hunting this group day after day people do work and malaria mostly attacks pregnant women and children under five, so you can see.

some they get treatment and becomes well but some dies and the diseases keep on hunting this group day after day

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/2009/07/09/lets-tame-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Stilgherrian Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:38:12 +0000 http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/?p=32#comment-41 Abdul, when I was visiting Tanzania, I was surprised by how seriously people took the risk of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. I wrote about that in <a href="http://stilgherrian.com/toto/unreliable-tanzania-2-nets/" rel="nofollow">Unreliable Tanzania 2: Nets</a> -- and, yes, Albert was really quite concerned that Lena and I hadn't used our mosquito nets. Your post makes it clear why he was so concerned! The figure you give for people affected by malaria comes to something like 45% of Tanzania's population! How does that manifest itself in everyday terms? Are we talking about people being unable to work for long periods? Or waves of sickness through a village, or... what? Abdul, when I was visiting Tanzania, I was surprised by how seriously people took the risk of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. I wrote about that in Unreliable Tanzania 2: Nets — and, yes, Albert was really quite concerned that Lena and I hadn’t used our mosquito nets. Your post makes it clear why he was so concerned!

The figure you give for people affected by malaria comes to something like 45% of Tanzania’s population! How does that manifest itself in everyday terms? Are we talking about people being unable to work for long periods? Or waves of sickness through a village, or… what?

]]> By: ActionAid looking for outreach bloggers | Geekdom Blog http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/2009/07/09/lets-tame-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-36 ActionAid looking for outreach bloggers | Geekdom Blog Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:43:08 +0000 http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/tanzania/?p=32#comment-36 [...] about his experience here. While you’re there, check out the first blogs from Tanzania, about malaria and about Albert and Abdul’s motivations for blogging. Filed under: blogging, social [...] [...] about his experience here. While you’re there, check out the first blogs from Tanzania, about malaria and about Albert and Abdul’s motivations for blogging. Filed under: blogging, social [...]

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