Physiological Determinants of Global Health

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.06.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Background and Rationale
  4. Demographics
  5. Content Objectives
  6. Microscopy
  7. Characteristics of life
  8. Cells and Microorganisms
  9. Malaria
  10. The Mosquito
  11. Human Health and Implications
  12. Malaria and Climate Change
  13. Remediation and Ethics
  14. Classroom Activities
  15. Teaching Strategies
  16. Appendix
  17. Bibliography
  18. Notes

The Changing Threat of Malaria and the Impact on Global Health

Joe Van Sambeek

Published September 2015

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Notes

  1. Sagan, Carl. 1990. “Pale Blue Dot” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5dlbCh8lY Accessed 07/12/15
  2. How Many Species on Earth? http://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/how-many-species-on-earth Accessed 07/27/15
  3. Environmental & Society Portal- Welcome to the Anthropocene http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/anthropocene/huge-variety-possibilities-interview-nobel-laureate-paul-crutzen-his-life Accessed 07/26/15
  4. United States EPA Climate Change. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/ecosystems.html Accessed 08/10/15
  5. Climate Impacts on Ecosystems. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/ecosystems.html Accessed 8/10/15
  6. Bush, Albert O. 2001. Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites.
  7. Elimination of Malaria in the United States. http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/elimination_us.html Accessed 08/08/15
  8. CDC Malaria Facts. http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/facts.html Accessed 08/10/15
  9. Bill Gates: Innovation will Pave Way to Malaria Eradication http://ccp.jhu.edu/bill-gates-innovation-will-pave-way-to-malaria-eradication/ http://ccp.jhu.edu/bill-gates-innovation-will-pave-way-to-malaria-eradication/ Accessed 07/12/15
  10. Malaria Killed Half the People Who Have Ever Lived http://rdparasites.blogspot.com/2014/04/ malaria-killed-half-people-who-have.htmlhttp://rdparasites.blogspot.com/2014/04/malaria-killed-half-people-who-have.html Accessed 07/20/15
  11. Consensus: 97% of Climate Scientists Agree http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ Accessed 07/27/15
  12. Earth’s CO2 HomePage http://co2now.org Accessed 07/12/15
  13. UEA research reveals why timing of bird migration is changing University of East Anglia http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoea-urr111113.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoea-urr111113.php Accessed 07/10/15
  14. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents Jeremy T. Kerr1,*, Alana Pindar1, Paul Galpern2, Science 10 July 2015: Vol. 349 no. 6244 pp. 177-180 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6244/177http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6244/177 Accessed 07/13/15
  15. Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164800/ Accessed 08/10/15
  16. Environ Health Perspect; Estimated Effect of Climatic Variables on the Transmission of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Republic of Korea Young-Min Kim, 1 Jae-Won Park, 2 and Hae-Kwan Cheong1 http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1104577/http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1104577/ Accessed 07/10/15
  17. Nothing But Nets Organization http://www.nothingbutnets.net/new/about us.htmlhttp://www.nothingbutnets.net/new/about-us.html Accessed 07/25/15

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