Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Annie Anopheles, Helping Africa
I was recently reading Lily G's post about Annie Anopheles. However, she wrote about one specific episode of Annie Anopheles, and there are four episodes total, covering a lot about malaria. The videos are posted to help people in Africa stay more informed on how to prevent and treat malaria, which is a big problem there. During one of the episodes the focus is on how to prevent it, while another talks about what could happen if a pregnant woman got malaria, and yet another about the signs of the sickness. I think Annie Anopheles is a helpful, and very important program for people in Africa. In conclusion, many problems could arise and many deaths could occur if people don't know how to deal with malaria, and these videos can help with those things. Wouldn't you be very thankful to have this source of information if you lived in Africa?
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ReplyDeleteI would definitely be thankful for the cartoons if I lived in Africa. Those cartoons have a lot of information, but it is entertaining and easy to understand. Lots of people in Africa don’t know how to read or write, so using the cartoons would help educate the Africans about Malaria. There are a couple of problems in this plan. One of the problems is most of the places in Africa do not have electricity to run television; also most of the people do not have any other ways of watching it. In this case non-government organizations have an important role in educating the natives about Malaria. Those organizations bring in projectors, TVs, or even sometimes a radio to help raise the awareness about this disease.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the Annie Anopheles have helped adults and children in Africa. With more then half a million deaths caused by malaria, being informed is the next step to decreasing those. This series by the JHUCCP has for sure helped people with symptoms, or without any sign of malaria know what to do, and when. In my opinion what the JHUCCP is doing is great, and should expand the series, because everyone should know what to do in case they catch the disease!
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