{"id":184464,"date":"2021-03-25T21:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-102-talking-about-malaria-risk-zones-and-climate-change-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:16:58","slug":"pasha-102-talking-about-malaria-risk-zones-and-climate-change-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-102-talking-about-malaria-risk-zones-and-climate-change-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 102: Talking about malaria risk zones and climate change in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasha-102-talking-about-malaria-risk-zones-and-climate-change-in-south-africa.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Malaria kills over 400,000 people a year across the world. Africa carries the highest burden, with 90% of these deaths occurring on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>In South Africa, close to 5 million people are at risk of contracting the disease. Malaria is mainly transmitted along the northern border areas of the country. Mapping malaria risk zones is therefore key to managing the spread. <\/p>\n<p>But changing weather patterns have affected the zones. In this episode of Pasha, Jennifer Fitchett, an associate professor of physical geography at the University of the Witwatersrand, sets out the changes that are taking place and discusses public awareness of what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cDesign concept epidemic of malaria\u201d by Lauritta found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/design-concept-epidemic-malaria-modern-line-432843505\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinimal ambient music\/atmosphere fragment\u201d by Clacksberg, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Clacksberg\/sounds\/495747\/\">Freesound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaria kills over 400,000 people a year across the world. Africa carries the highest burden, with 90% of these deaths occurring on the continent. In South Africa, close to 5 million people are at risk of contracting the disease. Malaria is mainly transmitted along the northern border areas of the country. 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