I'm John , from Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire, a french-speaking country in
> West Africa, situated between Liberia and Ghana ..just for those who may
> not locate us easily....
>
> I approve of SLAM and I joined only recently...Now Christaine is talking
> about myths, etc...
> It is interesting to note that in my country when you go to the rural areas
> and you ask the people what causes malaria, you'll hear all sorts of
> causes ...In most cases the word mosquito NEVER comes out..
> You get answers such as..........
> 1. When you work or walk for too long in the sun you get malaria
> 2. When you eat too much fatty foods like palm oil you get malaria
> 3..When you drink too much palm-wine, or when you eat too much of garden egg soup, etc, etc..
> There is a legend in parts of the country where it is believed that
> malaria is transmitted by WITCHCRAFT ........
> In one particular zone where this belief is very strong they have a vast
> expanse of marshy land where they grow RICE all year round....The mosquito
> population is actually very closely related to this agricultural practice,
> but.....
>
> This is why EDUCATION is very important and I believe that we can organize
> student leaders to go to the rural areas during the long vacations for
> example, to spread the CORRECT FACTS about the real cause of malaria.....
> Funny enough when the under-fives have serious malaria and they get to the
> convulsion stage,or when the child becomes stiff..... the parents rush the
> child to a FETISH PRIEST first, instead of going to the hospital or nearest
> clinic...They DON'T know that it is malaria.....So these are some of the
> information or facts we should be looking at to give and explain when we
> visit our rural folk....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Myths concerning malaria
1. here in India people beleive that malaria is caused by drinking dirty water.
2. Complications like jaundice and renal failure are blamed on witchcraft and so they go to the ojha and that leads to death.
3. They all wear an amulet around the neck to prevent jaundice which contains herbs etc.
Forwarded from Muhammad desk “SYAHD I.E.C officer”
Dear all,
My name is Egbon Jabilee SS I), from MIND BUILDERS College in Abudu (Delta state, south-south Nigeria) it’s been a very long time since SYAHD team visited our school last year to introduce the MFI / SLAM Blue Ribbon campaign, the session was enlighten and educative to all students including our Science teachers (i.e. Biology, Physical health education, physics & chemistry), we pray that SYAHD team would re-visit our school and see how we run our SLAM activities perfectly. Our school principal always encourages us to organize malaria events (e.g. assembly message, foot ball match’s, environmental / clearing gutters and stagnant water within our school.
We’re introduce to Blog by SYAHD team, but we always find it difficult to visit café because we have to travel for about 15kilometre to the city, our school is located in village (away from city), since last year we organize 2 malaria events with the support our school teachers, and Mind Builders College Parent Association. This year we hope to establish a linkage and visited some schools nearby so that we can see how they can contribute immensely to reduce the malaria incidence.
Malaria really affect every one of us, and we hope this could become a history, we would continue to educate our fellow students in other schools, and members of community to take action. There is also need for SYAHD to provide mosquito nets, educational materials and share some experiences with us, so that we can be fully representers of MFI / SLAM global educational campaign for us (student), you are always remembered “Ahmad and Muhammad from SYAHD in Kano state”
On behalf of the entire SS 2 & 3 students of MIND BUILDERS College, our teachers and Principal, we hope this mail finds you well and your team / school students in northern Nigeria.
From MIND BUILDERS COLLEGE
Egbon Jabilee
(SS I Student)
Many things are being said about malaria, just like when you buy viagra and you hear many things that it cant do.
Post a Comment