"Malaria is a mosquito-bourne disease caused by a parasite." (cdc.gov/malaria)Malaria is one of the most devastating diseases known to man. When infected, the parasite infects health red blood cells turning them into sticky sacks with new parasites within each of them. These sacks stick to the walls of blood vessels and begans to release the parasites onto other red blood cells that passby. Some symptoms one may show after being infected with the disease are headaches, nausea, fever, and flu-like symptoms. It is imperative that the infected gets treatment for the disease as soon as symptoms began to show after a mosquito bite, otherwise the infected will eventually die. Australia being a first world country, is able to keep the disease at bay with the health care that's available to its people, where as third world countries such as northern Africa cannot. There are an estimated 3 million cases of malaria worldwide, 1 million of which are located in the Sub-Saharan in Africa. A prime example of why health care is such an important topic in the world we live today Even with treatment, there are 700-800 deaths that occur each year in Australia.
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