Malaria – Giant Killer
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Malaria is a disease which is caused by the virus plasmodium and this parasite in transmitted by the female anopheles mosquitoes. Millions of people die each year due to malaria outbreaks and most of the deaths due to malaria infection occur in the developing counties of the world. The female anopheles mosquito transmits this disease effective as it goes about its spree of biting persons. The plasmodium parasite which is injected inside the blood stay dormant inside the body for a short period of time and then they start invading and attacking different parts of the body. The drug quinine is found to be the most effective of all drugs in the fight against malaria. Almost 80% of the malaria affected people die due the unavailability of the drug quinine and so keeping this in mind the World Health Organization has taken up special steps to ensure the constant supply of quinine to the developing countries and it has also allocated billions of dollars worth of medicines and equipment to prevent the spread of the malaria epidemic.

