How to Not get Malaria from the African Wilderness

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Jambo, that means hello and you'll definitely want to know that if you're traveling to Africa. My name is Melissa Schenk on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about some things you'll want to know before traveling to Africa and also how to survive in the African Wilderness. Now in our last clip we were talking about vaccinations. Something very important to also keep in mind when traveling to Africa especially the African Wilderness is Malaria. There is no actual vaccine for Malaria. If you're traveling to anywhere especially in the Saharan African Desert you'll probably want to take Anti Malaria pills with you, but it's a good idea to take them with you wherever traveling in Africa. How do you avoid Malaria? Well the best prevention is to see your doctor about 6 weeks before your departure and get a prescription for Malaria pills. That is the best preventative you could do and then what you want to do is start taking your Malaria pills before you depart. A lot of people make the mistake that they're about the leave for Africa and take their Malaria pills before or a couple of days before. They need to get into your system, so you want to take those pills usually about 4 weeks out. But you want to of course trust your doctor and depending on the types of pills he prescribes it might be slightly different. Something else to keep in mind to avoid Malaria, very good idea wear long pants, long sleeved clothing especially around dawn and dusk when the mosquitoes are the most active, that will really, really help to prevent and to avoid Malaria especially in the African Wilderness.

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