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How to prevent malaria in kids and adults

Here's what I hear from expats in Abuja:  "Those malaria pills have too many side effects."  "I just drink a gin and tonic for malaria prevention." "Is there really that much malaria in Abuja?" Here are other things I hear: "We've been here a week and two out of three of us got malaria, including our 3 year old." "Our three year old got malaria in February and got it again in April."  "4 of the 15 people at our embassy have gotten malaria in the last month." "My healthy girlfriend was just airlifted out and hospitalized for three months for malaria with severe liver and kidney disfunction."  "A young defense attaché at our embassy was just hospitalized with malaria for a month."  If you're travelling to an area that has a lot of mosquitoes, you'll want to prevent bites anyways because it's so damn annoying to get bitten all the time. Especially if you're like me, and get allergic rea...
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One month pre-departure

Hi everyone, this is the first post on Hello Abuja.  We are three people - one Swiss, one Canadian, one little Swiss/Canadian. And we are about to embark on a 2-year adventure to Abuja, Nigeria. We thought we would use this time to document our experiences abroad; for strangers, for friends, and for ourselves (because memory isn't always 100% there.)  The idea is that this won't be a travel blog per se, but more of a place to talk through our reactions and reflections on a continent that neither of us has really traveled to, let alone lived in before. Blogs about culture clashes, historical issues, current events/politics, rumors on the street, and maybe some practical tips for other people who decide to venture over to this part of the world.  What should we talk about in our first post? Well, how about the experience getting ready?  First, you go to the travel medicine doctor's office where you get presented with a long litany of the different diseases that can kil...
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