Anja Choon
Editor at BugBitten
As a medical student who has lived in Germany, the UK, Nigeria, Spain and the US, Anja Choon has a deep interest in tropical health. So far, she worked for the Red Cross, Pro Health International, Nigeria Health Watch, the University of Münster and the School of Oriental and African Studies. In a former life, she was a language documenter and gained a PhD in Field Linguistics. She tweets from @Bolanja.
Malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic
The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the spotlight in the news. Despite the seriousness of the situation, other health issues should not be forgotten. In 2018, malaria killed 405.000 people, most of them in Africa. In this blog post, we discuss factors contributing to an expected rise in malaria mortality and briefly look at ways to minimise this effect.
left: Lava of Anopheles stephensi, a known vector for malaria. Credit: Harry Weinburgh / CDC
right: Illustration of a coronavirus. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS / CDC
right: Illustration of a coronavirus. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS / CDC
Malaria control efforts
The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa dealt a “heavy blow to malaria control efforts”. As a consequence, the number of patients with malaria went up then, which could also happen now. The impact of Ebola on malaria control was further discussed in a BugBitten blog post by Vera Unwin in 2015.
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