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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the role of a medical anthropologist in controlling malaria in Namibia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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conditions than with the knowledge or availability of preventative strategies. In countries like Namibia, where malaria runs rampant, the poorest regions of the country are the hardest hit.
Though organizations have provided pharmacological interventions and methods for reducing exposure to disease carrying mosquitoes, hundreds of thousands of children die every year from preventable malaria. The role
of the medical anthropologist, then, is to determine what cultural, social and economic factors impact the implementation of strategies to prevent malaria as a means of determining a better preventative
model. Malaria has been a recognizable problem throughout rural Africa for centuries. The origins of malaria go back, actually, to the
period during which man domesticated animals and this domestication led to the contamination of water supplies as a result of domesticated livestock. In regions of the country where hygiene
is poor, water supplies are continually contaminated with this parasite, plasmodium, which is then spread through mosquito hosts. From a foundational perspective, there are factors in Namibia that make
it especially susceptible to the ravages of malaria, including the fact that it is a predominantly tropical climate with very poor rural areas, limited access to medical care and a
lack of proper water treatment and drainage systems, all of which contribute to its spread. In Africa in general, where malaria
is widespread, a child dies every 30 seconds from the disease (World Health Organization, 2002). "Malaria, together with HIV/AIDS and TB, is one of the major public health challenges
undermining development in the poorest countries in the world" (World Health Organization, 2002), however, it ranks among the lowest of priorities when it comes to treatment and prevention approaches in
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