Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia

In some parts of the world, the infectious parasitic disease malaria and the genetic disease sickle cell anemia are intimately connected.

What is sickle cell anemia? What is malaria? And how can one be linked to the other? Answer these questions for your students using this educational video on human evolution.

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