A Review of Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study in Liberia, West Africa (Paperback)

by Rockefeller Cooper (Author)

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Malaria is a disease thst causes infant and youth mortality every 30 seconds as the clock ticks. 90 % of the infection of the disease is allocated to the African continent. Ignorance, poverty and lack of commitment are the primary factors responsible for the widespread of malaria. Because of them, the proper preventive measures are not applied and as a result, the masses are left to suffer the disease's devastating effects. As a Liberian, remembering my days of combat with the disease inspired me to do a global review of the disease with concentration in my home country. This was also based on the fact that Liberia being a war-torn country for more than a decade did not have the proper support to fight the disease nor suppress its widespread.

About the Author
Born unto the union of Mr. Rockefeller F. Cooper I and Mrs. Delrene H-Cooper in the West African Republic of Liberia, was a son they named Rockefeller F. Cooper II. Growing up as a child, he started and earned his primary education at the School of Prime System and later started his elementary education at the J.J. Roberts United Methodist School. After completing, he started his junior high education at the same school which came to an abrupt stop due to a deadly civil war in the hinterlands of the country which was encroaching upon the capital city of Monrovia. As he and his family decided to migrate into the rural parts of the country in order to seek safety, they finally sorted refuge in Suacaco, Bong County on the campus of the Cuttington University College which at the time was abandoned and serving as a refuge site for internally displaced people. Still eager to learn and undeterred by the current situation, he enrolled at Cuttington Community School at the birth of a ceasefire agreement between rebel forces and peace keeping forces (ECOMOG). After a year, Rockefeller and his family moved to Buchanan, Grand Bassa County where he completed junior high and started his senior high schooling at the St. Peter's Claver High School. Unfortunately, as fighting reignited intensively in 1992, the Cooper family saw it necessary to flee the country and in 1993 settled in Ghana. Rockefeller then enrolled at the Takoradi Secondary School whiles viewing life from a different perspective. Since the country's education system was based on that of the British due to colonial ties, he decided to concentrate his studies in the natural sciences. This decision came to mind after seeing all the unnecessary destruction of human life and thus having the urge to serve humanity by one day becoming a medical physician. Upon completing his course of study in 1996, he returned to his homeland the following year after the country had its first post-war elections. In October of 1998, he sta

Product Details

• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (June 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425933386
• ISBN-13: 978-1425933388
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.3 inches
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