Malaria & poverty in Africa / edited by, Augustin Kwasi Fosu, Germano Mwabu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi.

Mwabu, Germano M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Malaria.

Malaria--Economic aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Malaria and poverty in Africa

Place of Publication:

Nairobi : University of Nairobi Press, 2007.

Summary:

Malaria is a serious health and economic problem in Africa, afflicting more than half of the continent's population. Although HICV/AIDS, TB and nutritional deficiencies pose major development problems on the continent, the challenges presented by malaria are of a different kind, because the disease is widespread, persistent and grossly underestimated by the general population. The importance of malaria, along with HIV/AIDS and other diseases in the development agenda, is now recognised in Goal 6 of the Millennium Goals. This book provides the evidence required to design and implement malaria control strategies in Africa. The chapters analyse the nexus between poverty and malaria with a focus on policies that can be implemented at various levels of society to fight the disease. Malaria and Poverty in Africa is the outcome of a research sponsored by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Augustin Kwasi Fosu is the Director, Economic Division of the United Nations Commision for Africa, Addis Ababa, and former Director of Research at the AERC, Nairobi. Germano Mwabu is Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi. He was co-director of the AERC project on Poverty Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures and Appendices""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Part I. Background""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Chapter 2. Understanding Malaria and Poverty in Africa: A Framework""; ""2.1 Economic Burden of Malaria""; ""2.2 Malaria Control and Eradication""; ""2.3 Transmission of Malaria""; ""2.4 A Historical Digression on Malaria Control""; ""2.5 Poverty-malaria Nexus""; ""2.6 Proximate Determinants of Malaria and Poverty""

""2.7 Economic and Epidemiological Considerations in Malaria Control""""2.8 Malaria Burden in Children""; ""2.9 Economic Studies on Malaria in Africa""; ""2.10 Conclusion""; ""Part II. Case Studies""; ""Chapter 3. The Economic Burden of Malaria in Kenya""; ""3.0 Introduction""; ""3.1 Malaria in Kenya""; ""3.2 Model and Data""; ""3.3 Results""; ""3.4 Summarizing Economic Effects of Malaria""; ""3.5 Discussion""; ""3.6 Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 Appendix Table""; ""Chapter 4. The Economic Burden of Childhood Malariain Nigeria""; ""4.0 Motivation and Purpose""

""4.1 Socioeconomic and Demographic Context""""4.2 Literature Review""; ""4.3 Study Design and Data""; ""4.4 Cost Computation""; ""4.5 Findings""; ""4.6 Discussion and Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5. The Demand for Malaria Control Products and Services: Evidence from Yaounde, Cameroon""; ""5.0 Introduction""; ""5.1 The Scope of Malaria in Cameroon""; ""5.2 Objectives and Hypotheses of the Study""; ""5.3 Methodology of the Study""; ""5.4 Findings""; ""5.5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Chapter 6. The Distribution of Pharmaceutical Products and Malaria Control in Zambia""

""6.0 Introduction""""6.1 Malaria in Zambia""; ""6.2 Distribution of Anti-malarial Drugs""; ""6.3 The Fight Against Malaria""; ""6.4 Resistance to Chloroquine""; ""6.5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9966-792-01-5