Tuesday's World Events - January 9, 2007
1. a) Name the countries that border Tanzania.
b) What ocean surrounds Zanzibar and Pemba?
2. a) By what number did the cases of malaria drop on the island of Pemba from January to September 2006?
b) What can be credited for the significant reduction of malaria cases on Pemba?
3. Why were insecticide-treated bed nets and insecticide not used to fight malaria in Africa for many years? Be specific.
4. a) What is USAID? - What is its purpose? [hint: for the answer, do a search for USAID's website and look for the "About Us" page]
b) What was USAID's budget to fight malaria in 2004?
c) What percent of the budget was used for effective treatments of malaria in 2004: spraying homes with insecticides, supplying life-saving drugs to pregnant women and infected patients, and handing out insecticide-treated bed nets?
5. In addition to the effective treatments mentioned in question #4c, what is key to long-term elimination of malaria in Africa?
6. a) How did the U.S. and other countries eradicate malaria?
b) What is the benefit of using DDT to fight malaria?
c) What group, opposed to the use of DDT in fighting malaria for the past 30 years, is now endorsing its use in indoor spraying? Why is this so?