Comments on: Malaria in Ethiopia http://ethiopia.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/malaria Ethiopia adoption news, information and firsthand accounts by those who have been there. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rebeccakbingham http://ethiopia.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/malaria/comment-page-1#comment-202 Rebeccakbingham Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:31:33 +0000 http://ethiopia-ado.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/10/11/malaria#comment-202 My co-workers in Africa have all had at least one sibling die of Malaria. At least one. Many were under the age of 5 when they died, but still.<br /> <br /> In Africa, that is just the fact of life...kids get Malaria and die. Can you imagine? It was shocked when I heard them talking about it.. My co-workers in Africa have all had at least one sibling die of Malaria. At least one. Many were under the age of 5 when they died, but still.

In Africa, that is just the fact of life…kids get Malaria and die. Can you imagine? It was shocked when I heard them talking about it..

]]> By: richlisad http://ethiopia.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/malaria/comment-page-1#comment-201 richlisad Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:21:35 +0000 http://ethiopia-ado.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/10/11/malaria#comment-201 The article I read on using DDT again, even indoors said that it was a matter of weighing the risks, and the results of no DDT use were far more devastating than those of using it. It is kind of a nasty chemical, but obviously malaria is worse.<br /> <br /> I was watching Animal Planet with my 8 year old and they were counting down the 10 creatures that killed the most people each year, and mosquitoes were #1. The article I read on using DDT again, even indoors said that it was a matter of weighing the risks, and the results of no DDT use were far more devastating than those of using it. It is kind of a nasty chemical, but obviously malaria is worse.

I was watching Animal Planet with my 8 year old and they were counting down the 10 creatures that killed the most people each year, and mosquitoes were #1.

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