Detailed Example - Pakistan Malaria Vector-Borne Disease

One detailed example of a vector-borne disease

what are symptoms of malaria (4)

fever, high temperature, blood loss, coma, convulsions

Which groups are at highest risk of death from malaria (2)

pregnant women, children

what is the vector for malaria

female anopheles mosquito

what factors are needed for malaria to spread (2)

stagnant water, tropical temperature

what is the optimum temperature for the development of malarial mosquito larvae

27C

what year was the malaria outbreak

2010

what high temperatures were experienced

50C

what percentage of the country was flooded

8

where was stagnant water able to accumulate (5)

dams, reservoirs, irrigation ditches, bomb craters, footprints

what is the major river in pakistan

indus

how many cases of malaria were there

2M

how many female health workers were made homeless

30,000

how much aid money did the uk provide (in £)

134M

how many healthcare clinics were destroyed

500

how much aid money did the UN request (in $)

2B

what percentage of cases were in rural areas

90

how many relief camps were built

5928

how many mosquito nets were supplied

290,262

who supplied mosquito nets and dewatering pumps

national disaster management agency

how many dewatering pumps were supplied

45

how many people were left homeless/with damaged homes

12M

by what percentage does malaria decrease a household's income by

35

what chemical is used in antimalarial insecticide sprays

DDT

what chemical is used in antimalarial tablets and coatings for mosquito nets

quinine

how often do mosquito nets need to be replaced

every 6 months

why do mosquito nets need to be replaced (2)

rips, coating wears off

why were mosquito nets often not used

finicky