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|BRAZIL| Rainforest and Malaria |
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by Luiz Bispo | 06-08-2015 11:07
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Do you know which animal kills humans the most in the world? It is the mosquito. I am from Brazil so that I have been surrounded by them all the time. Fortunately, I have not contracted infectious disease so far. However, it is true that mosquito transmits various germs to humans, which can threaten people?s life. In particular, Malaria caused by a parasite, mosquito continued to kill over 1million people each year despite vaccine and drugs existed.
How can we reduce these serious diseases to save people? What can we do in a desperate situation that medicine could not work some times? Here is an interesting report that rainforest block the malaria transmission. In Amazon, people who live in strictly protected area had lower rates of malaria than in area such as mining zone, road developed places.
However, increasing deforestation in the Amazon helps to raise incidence of malaria by nearly 50%. In other words, it turns out that deforestation is one of the significant ecological factors to cause a malaria epidemic. Fewer trees offer more sunshine to mosquitoes which prefer to lay their eggs in the sunshine. Parasites in mosquitoes can mature faster at higher temperature, which is caused by the deforestation. Consequently, cleaning forest provide mosquitoes with the ideal habitats.
There is a relevant research that 4% change in forest cover is related to 48% increase in malaria incidence. Unfortunately, increasing deforestation influences malaria risk in humans. Malaria is still considered the fatal killer in South America, Africa and Asia. Especially, the children are bitten while they sleep.
There are many reasons that we have to protect the forest. Keeping biodiversity, stop global warming and protecting indigenous people etc. are the goal that we have to keep in mind. However, as you can see from this article, forest should be protected for human health as well. Saving the forest must be our next step to fight with the fatal diseases.
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10 Comments
Harmanjot, afforestation is one of the strategies!! Thanks for the comment mate! =)
Posted 08-08-2015 06:39
Bindu, thanks for the comment and great addition about how to lead with the situation!!! =)
Posted 08-08-2015 06:35
Arushi, thanks for the comment!!! That is another reason of why we need to protect our forests!!!
Posted 08-08-2015 06:34
Such an informative article ! Deforestation not only increases mosquitoes but it also has many other bad consequences! People are in need to be motivated for Afforestaion !
Posted 07-08-2015 14:07
4% change in forest cover is related to 48% increase in malaria incidence, this is alarming finding. Even in Nepal malaria is the death cause for many people every year. Reducing the habitat for mosquito like filling the ditch or water stagnant areas nearby can be useful. Using mosquito nets at night is of great importance at mosquito prone areas.
Thank you for sharing this finding dear Luiz :)
Posted 07-08-2015 09:54
Thanks for sharing yet another and lesser known reason to save rainforests.
4% change in forest cover is related to 48% increase in malaria incidence-This is quite a strong reason to save rainforest to protect our healths if nothing else.
Posted 07-08-2015 04:19
Rohan, you are right. It is a win situation if we preserve rainforest. =) Thanks for the comment!
Posted 07-08-2015 03:59
Raunak, thanks for the comment! Lets keep working green! =)
Posted 07-08-2015 03:58
If Controlling malaria can be achieved by rainforests then it is win win situation.
Well reported Luiz.
Posted 07-08-2015 02:58
It is so disheartening to note the menace of Malaria. The rainforests must be preserved & the mosquitoes might be controlled.
Thanks Luiz.
Posted 07-08-2015 02:34