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Origin 2700BC
Malarai was not identified until later but in 2700BC the symptoms of malaria; chills, high fever, sweating, headache, diarrhea, and several more; were descriped in the Chinese Nei Ching
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Quinine
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Discovery
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran notices parasites in the blood of an infected person
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Two forms
Camillo Golgi recognized two forms of malaria (tertian periodicity and quartan periodicity)
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Mosquitos
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Panama Canal
During the construction of the Panama Canal 21,000 of the 26,000 employees were hospitalized due to malaria
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Chloroquine
Anti-malarial drug Chloroquine was discovred by Hans Andersag in Germany
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DDT
The insectidice DDT was discovered by Paul Hermann Muller, he later received a Nobel Prize for this
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Eliminated
Malaria was considered to be eliminated in the United States
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GMEC
The Global Malaria Eradication Campaign was launched by WHO -
RTS,S
Today's most advanced malaria vaccine cadidate entered clinical trials
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Bednets
Insecticide-treated bednets were proven to reduce childhood dealths by 20% in an African study
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Coartem
WHO prequalified the first fixed-dose Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), Coartem, and recommended it as the top malaria treatment
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Accomplishment
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was established and has provided funding for 122 million bed nets and 142.4 million malaria drug treatments
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World Malaria Day
World Malaria Day, April 25th, was instituted by the World Health Assembly at its 60th session
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