Malaria and Growth

McCarthy, F. Desmond

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-2303

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“…[16][17][18] Slow economic growth prevents improvements in living standards and places a serious constraint on countries' ability to fund and maintain malaria-control efforts, thereby creating a vicious cycle of high disease prevalence and low economic growth.…”

Section: Incidence Burden and Economic Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

Guérin¹,

Olliaro

Nosten

et al. 2002

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Section: Incidence Burden and Economic Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

Guérin¹,

Olliaro

Nosten

et al. 2002

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

320

201

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“…Indeed, it has been shown empirically that malaria significantly reduces children cognitive capacity [20,21]; hence, malaria can prevent extreme poverty eradication, insofar as education is one of the basic ingredients of poverty alleviation policies. Notably, standard pro-poor policies, such as the development of publicly-subsidized primary education, may fail in regions where the prevalence of malaria is high [22]. Thus the assumption of a malaria trap in regions characterized by extreme poverty with low educational attainment and high malaria incidence should be seriously considered.…”

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Malaria and protective behaviours: is there a malaria trap?

Berthélemy

Thuilliez

Doumbo

et al. 2013

Malar J

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BackgroundIn spite of massive efforts to generalize efficient prevention, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) or long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), malaria remains prevalent in many countries and ITN/LLINs are still only used to a limited extent.MethodsThis study proposes a new model for malaria economic analysis by combining economic epidemiology tools with the literature on poverty traps. A theoretical model of rational protective behaviour in response to malaria is designed, which includes endogenous externalities and disease characteristics. Survey data available for Uganda provide empirical support to the theory of prevalence-elastic protection behaviours, once endogeneity issues related to epidemiology and poverty are solved.ResultsTwo important conclusions emerge from the model. First, agents increase their protective behaviour when malaria is more prevalent in a society. This is consistent with the literature on "prevalence-elastic behaviour". Second, a ‘malaria trap’ defined as the result of malaria reinforcing poverty while poverty reduces the ability to deal with malaria can theoretically exist and the conditions of existence of the malaria trap are identified.ConclusionsThese results suggest the possible existence of malaria traps, which provides policy implications. Notably, providing ITN/LLINs at subsidized prices is not sufficient. To be efficient an ITN/LLINs dissemination campaigns should include incentive of the very poor for using ITN/LLINs.

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“…The 0.55 per cent average cost conceals the enormity of the cost for the individual country. Thus McCarthy et al, (2000) discovered that the cost was particularly high for Malawi, Gambia, the Soloman Islands and São Tomé (McCarthy et al, 2000, Table 9, p. 13). Sachs and Malaney (2002), meanwhile claimed a link between those countries with endemic malaria and those experiencing low rates of economic growth.…”

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Chasing mosquitoes: An exploration of the relationship between economic growth, poverty and the elimination of malaria in Southern Europe in the 20th century

Bowden

Michailidou

Pereira

2008

J of Intl Development

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This paper explores how the elimination of malaria could provide an escape from poverty with reference to the timing of the decline in malaria and its implications in terms of the labour force, the implications for the agricultural sector and the growth of the tourist industry in Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy in the first half of the twentieth century. The paper finds that whilst the control of malaria did have an economic effect, the escape from poverty was encouraged but not explained by malaria elimination. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Malaria and Growth

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

Malaria and protective behaviours: is there a malaria trap?

Chasing mosquitoes: An exploration of the relationship between economic growth, poverty and the elimination of malaria in Southern Europe in the 20th century

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