Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa contract malaria every year because they live near a large dam, a new study warns.Construction of an expected 78 major new dams in sub-Saharan Africa over the next few years will lead to an additional 56,000 malaria cases annually, the study predicted.
One million Africans will catch malaria this year because they live near a large dam and, at a time of booming dam construction on the continent, greater efforts must be made to protect people from the killer disease, a study said on Friday.
Dams in sub-Saharan Africa may contribute to the spread of malaria, a new study undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems has found.
Scientists say previous studies underestimated the role dams play in encouraging malaria. New research is drawing attention to the role large dams play in encouraging the spread of malaria. According to a new paper by a team scientists from Australia, large dams -- and the nesting ground they offer to mosquitos -- are to blame for over a million cases of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa each year.
Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa contract malaria annually because they live near a large dam - a number which is over four times greater than previously estimated, according to a new study.
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One million Africans will catch malaria this year because they live near a large dam and, at a time of booming dam construction on the continent, greater efforts must be made to protect people from the killer disease, a study said on Friday.
Un milione di africani si prendera'la malaria quest'anno a causa della vicinanza con grandi dighe,una situazione che impone piu' ampi sforzi nel combattere lamalattia visto il gran numero di impianti di sbarramento incostruzione nell'Africa sub-sahariana. A lanciare l'allarme e'lo studio dell'Universita' australiana del New Englandpubblicato sul Malaria Journal.
One million Africans will catch malaria this year because they live near a large dam and, at a time of booming dam construction on the continent, greater efforts must be made to protect people from the killer disease, a study in Malaria Journal said.
JOHANNESBURG: Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa contract malaria annually because they live near a large dam - a number which is over four times greater than previously estimated, according to a new study. The study has for the first time correlated the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria and quantified impacts across the region.
For decades there has been a demonstrable connection between dams in Africa and an increase in the parasitic disease, schistosomiasis. Now, South African and Australian researchers correlate the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria in a newly published study in the Malaria Journal this month. In addition, the study finds that construction of an expected 78 major new dams in sub-Saharan Africa over the next few years will lead to an additional 56,000 malaria cases annually.
