Malaria
Malaria is a serious infectious disease!
According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
- approximately 40% of the world’s population, by a total of some 2400 million people in more than 90 countries live with the constant danger of contracting malaria
- worldwide between 300 - 500 million people contract malaria every year
- about 90% of all malaria cases occur in Sub-Saharan Africa
- over one million people die of malaria each year. The vast majority of deaths occur among African children in remote areas with insufficient medical care. The WHO reports that 3000 children under five years of age are being killed by malaria every day.
- the high-risk group are children, pregnant women, travelers, refugees and labourers entering malarious areas
- malaria occurs in 101 countries and regions: in 45 African regions, in 21 Central and South American regions, in 4 European regions, in 14 Eastern Mediterranean regions, in 8 South-East Asian regions and in 9 regions of the Western Pacific.
fit for travel enables you to asses the malaria situation in your travel destination. Information by country provides you malaria maps and information to over 300 destinations. This malaria site gives you helpful advice of good malaria protection, allowing you to return home in the best of health. For personal advice concerning antimalarial medication, please contact your physician !
Every malaria is curable if diagnosed and treated on time!Please seek information BEFORE you travel to a malarious area.