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A study of the disease malaria
Temat: Nauka i technologia
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FAITH LAPIDUS:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY:And I'm Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about a study of the disease malaria. BOB DOUGHTY:Malaria kills about one million people a year and sickens another two hundred fifty million. Most of the deaths are in young children in Africa. People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite. A new report estimates the possibility of ending malaria in countries that have the deadliest form of the disease. Researchers found that this could be possible in most parts of the world within ten to fifteen years. What it would require, they say, is reducing the spread of malaria by ninety percent from two thousand seven rates. FAITH LAPIDUS:An international team created mathematical models and maps of areas where the disease is gone or almost gone. The report says malaria could be eliminated if countries are serious about using proven control measures like insecticides and bed nets. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation partly financed the research. The study appears in The Lancet medical journal. Some malaria experts expressed concern about giving too much attention to eliminating the disease. They say such a goal could take many years, if it is possible at all. The concern is that resources for controlling malaria could be lost if the money is spent instead on efforts to defeat it. FAITH LAPIDUS:This SCIENCE IN THE NEWS was written by Jerilyn Watson, Caty Weaver and June Simms, who was also our producer. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY:And I'm Bob Doughty. Listen again next week for more news about science in Special English on the Voice of America. Source: Voice of America
