Comments on: Rave: Malaria No More http://www.wineskinny.com/2009/03/27/rave-malaria-no-more/ I'm Robyn Tinsley and WineSkinny.com is where I write about the wines that intersect my life, meals, travels and interests. After more than a decade of writing about wine in a more general way, I am focusing on the things that matter to me now: natural, whole, seasonal foods; my progression toward some kind of vegetarian/vegan lifestyle (but I cannot even imagine giving up cheese); learning to live in the moment; and the wines that somehow connect all those dots. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:12:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Brieger http://www.wineskinny.com/2009/03/27/rave-malaria-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 Bill Brieger Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:06:09 +0000 http://www.wineskinny.com/?p=2316#comment-2226 India has both wine and malaria. The grape and wine producing Nashik region of Maharashtra State east of Mumbai appears to be on a borderline between areas of stable and unstable P. falciparum malaria transmission. While much attention of groups like Malaria No More has been focused on Africa, the Roll Back Malaria Partners are beginning to recognize the impact of the disease in Asia where both P. Falciparum and P. vivax malaria are endemic. Malaria does not have to kill tourists if they take the precautions you have outlined, but it does serious damage to young children and pregnant women in the poor communities of the endemic countries of Asia. Thank you for drawing attention to this problem. A malaria map of India can be seen at: http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/Limits/IND_API.png Description of the terroir of Nashik can be found at: http://www.sulawines.com/vineyard/terroir.htm India has both wine and malaria. The grape and wine producing Nashik region of Maharashtra State east of Mumbai appears to be on a borderline between areas of stable and unstable P. falciparum malaria transmission. While much attention of groups like Malaria No More has been focused on Africa, the Roll Back Malaria Partners are beginning to recognize the impact of the disease in Asia where both P. Falciparum and P. vivax malaria are endemic. Malaria does not have to kill tourists if they take the precautions you have outlined, but it does serious damage to young children and pregnant women in the poor communities of the endemic countries of Asia. Thank you for drawing attention to this problem.

A malaria map of India can be seen at:
http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/Limits/IND_API.png
Description of the terroir of Nashik can be found at:
http://www.sulawines.com/vineyard/terroir.htm

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