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So You Think You Know Malaria?

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Malaria Mosquito Nets, Malaria Day, Malaria Causes, Malaria, Malaria Children, World Malaria Day, Malaria Deaths, Malaria Symptoms, Canada Impact News
Debbie Wolfe

On World Malaria Day, it's important to remember that half a million children die each year from malaria -- through no fault of their own. Those under age five are especially vulnerable, as their bodies haven't yet developed immunity to deadly infection.

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How Destroying the Environment Destroys our Health

David Suzuki | Posted 10.15.2012 | Canada
Read More: Natural Capital, Emerging Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Health, Climate Change, Malaria, Illness, Global Warming, Infectious Disease, Disease Environment, Environment Disease, Canada News
David Suzuki

According to an article in the New York Times, "emerging diseases have quadrupled in the last half-century." The increase is mainly due to human encroachment into and destruction of wildlife habitat. For example, one study concluded that a four per cent increase in Amazon deforestation led to a 50 per cent increase in malaria because mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, thrive in the cleared areas.

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