Herbs And Empires: A Brief History Of Malaria Drugs

NPR produces some great radio. They produced a really informative piece about malaria, tracking our early knowledge to the current challenges. The name of malaria means bad air, from the misconception that it was because of bad air- and not the parasite carried by the female mosquito of the Genus Anopheles. Today we know much more, and have the pieces in place to dramatically reduce the burden from malaria. 


In Uganda 2000 people die every week from malaria. Transmission, testing, and treatment are not a mystery, for a few dollars we can this - $40 will protect a family of six from malaria for one year. It is that cheap, it is that simple.