ABSTRACT
Malaria remains a serious problem in Mozambique. According to UNICEF, it is the leading killer of children, contributing to around 33% of all child deaths and overall more deaths have been attributed to it than to any other single cause, including HIV/AIDS. Most people practise subsistence agriculture. Maize, manioc, groundnuts, cashew and coconut are the main crops. Sugar cane is extensively grown in the valley. Fever and malariological indices among residents attending the clinic varied with age. The majority of people of Cabo Verdean descent live in the presently dilapidated former coffee/cacao estates or rocas where they practise subsistence agriculture and gain some cash from a declining cacao industry. Major demographic events leave genetic signatures that could be used to gain important information about the impact of vector control interventions. The island of New Guinea, consisting of Irian Jaya and the independent nation of Papua New Guinea, is the second-largest island in the world.
