Malaria

**The History of Malaria, An Ancient Disease **from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[|WHO (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) Malaria Fact Sheet]

History of the Discovery of the Malaria Parasites and Their Vectors, National Library of Medicine

Malaria: Past and Present from Noble Prize.org

Ancestral Malarial Organisms Traced to Age of Dinosaurs

The History of Malaria, on YouTube by TAJ Pharma

Malaria and the Fall of Rome

Timeline
Progress Fighting Malaria: A Timeline

Historical Control of Malaria

See also **Dramatic Event page on the Building of the Panama Canal**

President's Malaria Initiative was begun by George W. Bush and continued by Barack Obama

**DDT and Malaria**
Should DDT Be Used to Combat Malaria? Scientific American (2009)

See Important Biography Page for Rachel Carson and Silent Spring

Practical and Effective Alternatives to DDT for Malaria Prevention, World Health Organization

Current Events
Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines, The New York Times, August 15, 2016

 “Only with history can we begin to render the present unfamiliar, and approach global health with a keener sensitivity and patience.” Indeed, only with this purview can one truly realize that “the development of biomedicine, public health, and empire are far more interrelated than it first seems.”
 * [|Tracing the Roots of International Health Governance]**
 * Harvard College Article on the Ways Global Health Governance is rooted in historical imperial projects and capitalist expansion in the world**