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Although seldom noted in scholarly accounts, malaria represents a leading cause of death and underdevelopment in poor nations. Enormous cross-national variation in malaria rates across its endemic zones suggests the importance of large-scale factors in explaining comparative disease trends. While the biological vulnerability of women and children to malaria is often acknowledged, the literature has yet to investigate how gender inequalities contribute to patterns of malaria prevalence. Utilizing structural equation modeling on a sample of 90 less-developed nations and engaging insights from gender stratification perspectives, we consider the influence of both legal economic status and social dimensions of women's status on malaria rates. We find that women's legal economic status has an indirect relationship on malaria rates by enhancing women's social standing and strengthening general health provisions. The results suggest that addressing issues of gender inequality in poor nations is central to tackling this persistent pandemic.

Malaria is a preventable and treatable parasitic disease that represents a leading cause of death and underdevelopment in many less developed nations located in tropical and subtropical regions. High levels of cross‐national variation in malaria rates across zones in which the anopheles mosquito is endemic, including eradication in more developed regions of the world, suggests the significance of large‐scale social, environmental, and economic factors in shaping vulnerabilities to this pandemic. Poverty, gender inequalities, and environmental degradation all contribute to current trends in the global distribution of malaria, thus making the patterns of this infectious disease an important sociological issue.

This is a qualitative study of perspectives from community members on landslides in Bududa, Uganda. Interviews with community members reveal their perceptions of the causes, effects, and aid response to landslides. We employ a 'structural fieldwork' approach to explain community member's thoughts and experiences using critical macro-comparative perspectives relating to political ecology. This research brings attention to how large-scale unequal relationships in trade and international aid increase landslide vulnerability and there are ineffective relief efforts in a particular locale. Linking environmental degradation in Bududa to political, economic, and social factors provides a broader context in which to view risk from landslides in this community, as a critical case in demonstrating how economic globalization benefits some at the expense of others.Keywords: Landslides, unequal exchange, disaster, NGOs, political economy