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...