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__**The Presidential Malaria Intiative By Jake and Cory

**__**TANZANIA** 

  

 In this country, 93% of the population is fated to malaria.  Malaria is the cause of more than 1/3 of the deaths for children under the age of 5. Tanzania is a very poor country with a low GDP (1,300) hichSP is very low compared to the U.S.A Xtheir GDP is $48,000, the U.S.A ‘s GDP is 46,700 greater than Tanzania’s. Also Tanzania’s death rate is 12.92 deaths to every 1,000 people. This country is definatly SP in need of economic assistance as well as health assistance to prevent diseases like malaria and AIDS. Any program that would aid this country is needed!!  ** Name of country: Tanzania **   Population size (2008) – round off the number: 40,200,000  Per capita GDP: $ 1,300 Main exports: Gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, and cotton Main imports: consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil Resources: hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel Main ethnic groups and religions:   NEW HEADING mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African NEW HEADING mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim Unemployment rate: NA Infant mortality rate: total: 70.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 77.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) <span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">Life expectancy: 50-52 Literacy rate: 78/62 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 8.1648pt; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> HDI: 0.467 (Low) (159th) (2005) <span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Presidential Malaria Initiative is a government-funded program dedicated to significantly reducing the spread of malaria amongst women and children in Africa. PMI is a collaboration of the Agency for International Development (AID), headquartered in Washington D.C, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">In 2005 former president George Bush commissioned PMI with 15 target countries including Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. PMI offers high-impact methods of preventing malaria with these four major techniques: distribution of mosquito nets, malaria vaccines, and the prevention of malaria in pregnant women These procedures are used in these four major techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">is the process of spraying insecticide on the surfaces of houses or dwellings, places prone to malaria. The insecticide prevents the spread of malaria by killing all of the female mosquitoes that come in contact with the surface which is used by the mosquitoes as a resting place. This works because female mosquitoes are capable of spreading malaria while the male is not. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">Mosquito Nets **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">are hung over beds so as to offer protection from mosquitoes at night. These are the most basic protection from malaria. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">Malaria Vaccines ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">, are distributed from public clinics and are capable of completely curing malaria **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">Prevention of Malaria in Pregnant Women **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">, can be achieved with two to three doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) administered to a pregnant woman during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Since more than seventy percent of pregnant women in Africa attend antenatal clinics at least once during their pregnancy, the provision of medicine during antenatal care visits is practical and convenient. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">Since its creation in 2005, PMI has shown remarkable results including in Tanzania. PMI first came to Tanzania in 2005 and distributed 130,000 free bed nets through local public clinics within less than a year. PMI also established the free market-based strategy for delivering these nets for malaria prevention. Millions of treatment doses of highly effective malaria treatment were delivered to isolated rural districts for more than 4 years helping significantly reducing the spread of malaria amongst women and children in Tanzania. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 157, 0);"> **Quick facts about The Presidents Malaria Intitative** <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 157, 0);">How long has the organization been in existence? – 4 years Who founded it?-- U.S. Government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of State, the White House, and others. Where is it headquartered –Aid SP is headquartered in D.C CDC is headquartered in Atlanta, GA What is its purpose? To significantly reduce the spread of malaria among women and children in Africa Does it just provide assistance to Africa, or is it active around the world? –just Africa Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa?-- Malaria Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa?—several (15) How does the organization raise money for its efforts?—TAXES!!! What is your organization's budget? unknown How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? unknown Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., what kind of a "report card" has it been getting? Favorable How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" Africa has benefitted dramatically from PMI Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? It is illegal not to, and yes. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(249, 6, 6);"> **Pictures of PMI & CDC-USAID helping out!!** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 96%; color: rgb(246, 9, 9);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> Indoor residual spraying (IRS) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">US-AID helping out! <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">Another Indoor residual spraying (IRS) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-size: 109%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(249, 6, 6);">This is a picture of a boy taking medication to cure his malaria. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(249, 6, 6);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40%; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 90%;">Kick off of PMI in Tanzania. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40%; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">The mosquito net business is thriving in Tanzania. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(247, 8, 8); text-align: left; display: block;">PRIMO comes in a special package with easy-to-understand illustrated instructions in order to ensure that children receive the correct doses and full regimen of treatment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">  <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(245, 10, 10);">Ex. of PRIMO Booklet <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; background-color: rgb(247, 8, 8);">Quick facts about mosquito nets  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">"Mosquito Nets: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">Sleeping under a mosquito net treated with insecticide provides protection from malaria- <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">carrying mosquitoes. The nets are nontoxic to humans. In Tanzania, PMI has introduced an infant voucher  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);"> program, which allows mothers to receive bed net vouchers for their infants at the age of measles <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">immunization (around 9 months). Pregnant women also receive vouchers when they attend prenatal <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">checkups at local health clinics. They then take these vouchers to specific retailers, select a net, and pay <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">the small top-up cost. An estimated 5 million vouchers have been distributed, including 1.8 million infant <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">vouchers, with an expected redemption rate of 85 percent. Some 875,000 mosquito net insecticide <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2); text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(249, 6, 6); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2);">re-treatment kits were procured and distributed as well." -From PMI statistics- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(232, 2, 2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); text-align: left; display: block;">Watch the video to learn even more to learn about the voucher program. media type="youtube" key="BuaxgJuJx3g" height="344" width="425" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(246, 19, 19);">PMI=Presidents Malaria Initiative <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 28, 255); text-align: center; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center; display: block; background-color: rgb(0, 255, 242); font-size: 130%;"><span style="text-align: left; display: block; color: rgb(251, 4, 4);">Story Board <span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Check out the budgets and spendings for PMI <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[|click here.] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"> BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PICTURES-- (Map of Tanzania) [|http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://connectionkenya.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/tanzania-map.gif&imgrefurl=http://connectionkenya.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/] (PMI logo)--http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.just2save.com/ra/images/PMI%2520LOGO%25201.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.just2save.com/ra/about.htm&usg= __2-NTfXRIXMjmnDzOdSb9a9Q7s6U=&h=231&w=929&sz=78&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=yxraN9ibvaN1FM:&tbnh=37&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPMI%2Blogo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN__ (For the rest of the pictures Excluding #3 and #1) __--____http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/index.html__ __http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/assets/photos/zanzibar/lg_children_listening_sing.jpg__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR INFORMATION. __“About The President’s Malaria Initiative.”__ PMI__. 2008. American Red CorssSP. 24 Feb. 2009 <http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/‌about/‌index.html>. “Fact Sheet.”__ USAID__. 30 Dec. 2008. 25 Feb. 2009 <http://www.usaid.gov/‌press/‌factsheets/‌2006/‌fs060608.html>. “Tanzania.”__ CIA-The World Factbook__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">. 24 Feb. 2009. 24 Feb. 2009 <https://www.cia.gov/‌library/‌publications/‌the-world-factbook/‌geos/‌tz.html>. “Tanzania.” __Wikipedia__. 16 Mar. 2009. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/‌wiki/‌Tanzania>.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Presidential Malaria Initiative __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 110%;">