Malaria Awareness

Naturalist Steve Backshall urges travellers to be 'malaria aware'

The Malaria Awareness Campaign has launched an initiative with naturalist Steve Backshall to show people how to correctly apply insect repellent and prevent mosquito bites.

The UK is one of the biggest importers of malaria in Europe (according to the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe) and the latest figures from the Health Protection Agency indicate a slight increase (9%) in cases of the disease in UK travellers. In light of this, Steve who has contracted malaria, is urging everyone to be more 'malaria aware'.

He says: "It's easy to relax and take a carefree attitude when you’re on holiday, but it is extremely important to take malaria prevention seriously. It only takes one bite to contract malaria and I know from personal experience how terrible the disease can be."

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