Malaria was also called plague in ancient times and was common in the smoky and miasmic areas of the south.
At that time, the first thing officials would do when they were demoted to the south was to write a suicide note.
The reason is that malaria is highly prevalent and lethal, and it is basically difficult to come back alive after going there.
In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, the number of people suffering from malaria in the country reached 30 million.
That is to say, six out of every hundred people are infected.
The mortality rate of malaria varies depending on the type of Plasmodium. The highest mortality rate from cerebral falciparum Plasmodium can reach a terrifying 31%.
Most of them are infants under five years old.
In 1955, China launched a nationwide anti-malaria campaign.
The source of malaria transmission is mosquito bites, which continuously spread the malaria parasite from the human population.
This also shows the difficulty of dealing with malaria. After all, it is impossible to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes in the whole summer.
But no matter how difficult it is, it will not be a problem for the Chinese.
Mosquitoes are powerful, right? They reproduce rapidly, right?
Then cut off the source, drain all the stagnant water, open up all the ditches to keep the water flowing, and clear away all the weeds to leave no place for mosquitoes to survive.
The second is the use of medication. During the peak period of malaria, each village is equipped with a health worker who is responsible for spraying mosquito repellent.
Everyone knew China's economic situation at the time, but when it came to spraying pesticides, they were not ambiguous at all.
From toilets to pig pens, from the village to the fields, if there is no smell of pesticides in the air one day, it proves that the sanitation worker is unqualified.
The homework the teacher assigned to the students was to catch mosquitoes, one hundred a day.
It was fine at first, but after a while, because there were too few mosquitoes, the homework could not be completed, and the children cried a lot.
The health workers will also give everyone a mosquito net, and no matter how hot it is at night, everyone must sleep in the mosquito net.
Anyone who dares to sit at the door with his back bare to enjoy the cool air will be caught and sent directly to the brigade yard and reported to the whole village, and will be given a seven-day mosquito repellent spraying package trial card for the whole village.
The most important thing is to take antimalarial drugs.
Take three tablets three times a day.
All villagers must go to the brigade yard on time to collect medicine and take it on the spot.
Anyone who doesn’t come will be given a red code... and will also receive a free trial card for a seven-day mosquito repellent spraying package for the whole village!
Even with such strict precautions, it was not until June 30, 2021 that China received the malaria-free certificate issued by the World Health Organization.
In other words, it took China a full 66 years to go from 30 million cases to zero.
China is having such a difficult time, let alone Africa, which is even poorer and more backward.
Fu Song's heart skipped a beat: "Bronya, your condition is not that I must completely eradicate malaria in Africa, right?"
Bronya stared at Fu Song with her beautiful eyes, motionless.
Fu Song asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Bronya snorted, "I'd like you to do that, but do you have the ability?"
"You..." Fu Song was a little depressed.
Judging from the other party's tone, he clearly underestimates his abilities.
Fu Song really wanted to tell the other party: I can do it.
But the fact is, he really can't.
Bronya: "My condition is that you formulate a special anti-malarial drug.
As long as you can do it, let alone endorsing your watermelon wine, even being the African ambassador for watermelon wine would be no problem.
I will do my best to sell your watermelon wine."
Fu Song: "Really?"
"I never lie."
"Okay, it's a deal!" Fu Song was instantly happy.
It would be extremely difficult to completely eradicate malaria, but it would be difficult to prepare a specific antimalarial drug!
Is there anything more effective than artemisinin?
There is no artemisinin in this world, but out of admiration for Grandma Tu, Fu Song specifically learned about the production process of artemisinin.
As long as you have the equipment, it is not difficult to restore it.
He said to Simon, the white man, "Hey, apprentice, could you lend me some of your equipment?"
Simon was stunned. "Equipment? Mine? Now?"
"Of course, time waits for no one. If I wait any longer, my watermelon wine will expire."
Pushing Simon's equipment box, Fu Song took Zhang Jiuyue away quickly.
After standing there in a daze for a long time, Simon suddenly said to Bronya with a serious face: "Old classmate, I have something to say but I'm not sure whether I should say it or not."
"What?"
“You’re too harsh.
Fu Song is not an expert in pharmacy, and he has no idea about the various processes required for a new drug to be launched.
Not to mention other things, clinical trials alone cannot be completed in a short time.
Not to mention that it is an anti-malarial drug which is regarded as one of the three major unsolvable problems in world medicine.
There’s no way he could have made it.”
After hearing Simon's words, Bronya fell silent.
Finally, she sighed: “Do you think I don’t know this is difficult?
In fact, just because he saved my father, I should help him unconditionally.
But my father is fine, but what about others?
The whole of Cocokala, the whole of Uganda, and even the whole of Africa.
Do you know why after graduating from Harvard University, I directly rejected Mayo Clinic and decided to return to Africa?
Everyone thinks that I want to help my compatriots become rich because of the poverty in Africa.
Actually not.
I have only one goal: malaria!
I have three mothers now, but none of them are my biological mother.
My biological mother died of malaria within the first month of my birth.
I had eight younger brothers and sisters, but only one is alive now. Of the remaining seven, five died of malaria.
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