“One Child Dies Every 30 seconds”

As I gear up to start my new Mosquito Squad business, so many friends and acquaintances ask me the same question: Why did you choose this business? The answer is Malaria and Lyme Disease. These are two huge reasons for me personally. Both of these diseases have touched me personally. If you have ever experienced either ailment, or have a loved one who has then you know how I feel.

Mosquito Squad gives me a way to join forces against Lyme in your backyard by treating to eliminate ticks along with the mosquitoes. We are endorsed by the National Capital Lyme Disease Association. For more information visit:  www.natcaplyme.org

I know we don’t have Malaria in this country any more, but it is still destructively prevalent in too many parts of the world. This disease is preventable and treatable, yet daily it reduces productivity of workers and kills people, especially children.

How does my starting a  Mosquito Squad business in Maryland help people abroad? When I first heard of this franchised opportunity I learned that there was a social action.  In effort to help our global community, the corporate office of Mosquito Squad has chosen to partner with MALARIA NO MORE,  a compassionate organization with a proven record of reducing Malaria in African villages by way of multi-tiered treatment and simple, low-cost prevention. Now I can personally join this effort by raising awareness and funds through my new office coming this Spring.  To learn more take a look at this video about MALARIA NO MORE:

http://www.malarianomore.org/news/video/gogu

Sincere thanks for visiting this blog and the 2 links I feel are vitally important.

Susan Levi, Mosquito Squad of West Montgomery

Malaria may have killed King Tut

It’s not certain, but the most famous (as far as modern times goes) king of Ancient Egypt may have ultimately died from an infection of Malaria, a mosquito borne illness. I know. That was a LONG time ago and is VERY far away. So who cares? Well, if you have ever had the dreadful disease, you would sympathetically take notice. Click here to read the BBC article.

Though Malaria exists in many parts of the world, we here in the U.S. don’t associate it as a threat. Of the many cases found in the U.S. each year, an overwhelming number were protracted abroad. Did you know that Malaria was actually epidemic here in the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 20th century?

According to Directors of Health Promotion and Education:

“The potential also exists for malaria to become re-established in the United States. Currently, about 1,200 malaria cases are reported each year in the United States. Almost all occur in persons who were infected in other parts of the world (imported malaria). Small outbreaks of non-imported malaria, the result of transmission from imported cases, have also been reported. So far, the outbreaks have been quickly and easily contained. A continued increase in drug-resistant malaria throughout the world, however, could increase the number of cases of imported malaria and improve the chances for malaria to re-emerge in the United States.” Click here to read the article for history and prevention tips.

Eye of Horus

Apparently, the wise Horus did not know of Mosquito Squad to protect his young king.