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Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
The CDC once played a
pivotal role in malaria eradication in the United States, but we might ask
what its outlook is via malaria today.
Are there still health risks in the US today? Has the United States
forgotten about malaria, or are we involved in the struggle both locally and
globally? On the CDC’s website on the CDC’s Origins and Malaria, they state
that “…to the present day, malaria remains a major field of activities at CDC.” Approximately 1,200 cases of malaria are
reported in the United
States each year. The vast majority of these
cases are due to ‘imported malaria.’ Because of the globalization of the world and
continued travel to and from infected areas, this threat is not likely
dissipate in the future. To thwart the
reintroduction of malaria into currently malaria-free areas, prompt reporting
of cases, diagnosis, treatment and surveillance are important features of the
fight against malaria in our own backyard.
There are only a few number of isolated cases of locally transmitted malaria. They do, however, occur and make awareness of
the disease in the US
population of great important to stop possible reintroduction of the disease
before it starts. Therefore, the CDC,
with offices in all 50 states and 45 foreign countries, is still the
predominant US
government agency combating malaria.
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