After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs.
Dr Richa Sharma, CNS Correspondent, India Kusum (name changed) shudders at the mere mention of malaria. Last year she was diagnosed with malaria and suffered from weakness, fever, nausea and constant body ache for days. The news of two malaria deaths in the National Capital Region of Delhi is enough to transport her back to the nightmare of enduring it all. Malaria, a life threatening disease, is transferred through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito, which releases Plasmodium parasite into the bloodstream. After an incubation period of 10-15 days, symptoms like fever, headache, chills, and vomiting occur in the infected individual. Multi organ involvement in adults and severe anaemia, respiratory distress or cerebral malaria in children often occur in later stages. The recent unprecedented victory of Sri Lanka’s long standing battle against malaria serves as a wake-up call to the other countries in the South East Asia region and puts malaria elimination back in the spotlight...