Rebecca Buxton is Professor of Medical Laboratory Science at the University of Utah and a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference Steering Committee for Imagine No Malaria.
In this first video segment (of three), she explains how she got involved with Imagine No Malaria, what malaria is, and how it affects the human body.
Imagine No Malaria is an extraordinary effort of the people of The United Methodist Church to end preventable deaths from malaria in Africa. The Rocky Mountain Conference of The UMC (Colorado, Utah, & half of Wyoming) is committed to raising $1.2 million by April 2014. Join us as we save 120,000 lives!
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
The science of Imagine No Malaria (part 1)
Labels:
Africa,
education,
global health,
malaria,
mosquitoes,
parasite,
prevention,
public health,
science,
treatment,
UMC
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Fabulous insight about Plasmodium parasite and how it affects the red blood cells - explained in terms we can all understand
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