Malaria in Gambia: Norwegian Citizen Dies – High Risk Destination for Malaria

(NORTHERN LIGHTS) – We are aware that a Norwegian citizen has died in Gambia. The information has been confirmed by the local authorities in The Gambia and next of kin have been notified, says Ane Haavardsdatter Lunde, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nordlys.

Popular destination

The Gambia on the African west coast is part of the area in the world with the highest concentration of malaria. The World Health Organization estimated that in 2017 there were approximately 219 million new cases of malaria. Of these, around 435,000 people died. 93 percent of the deaths were in Africa.

The country is also a popular destination.

Malariamygg

It is infected Anopheles mosquitoes which are the main source of infection. After you have been stung, there is an incubation period of one to two weeks.

The FHI website says this about the malaria mosquito: “The parasite enters the bloodstream where it undergoes parts of its life cycle. By sucking blood from infected people, the mosquito will pick up parasites that continue their sexual reproduction in the mosquito. It is not directly contagious from person to person.”

According to the FHI, “common symptoms are fluctuating fever with frostbite and sweating, anaemia, splenomegaly, icterus and varying degrees of general symptoms. Depending on the affected organ, the patient may develop nausea, diarrhoea, kidney failure, icterus, delirium, convulsions, coma or focal neurological symptoms.”

2023-10-22 10:13:57
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