Malaria Mitigation Ethiopia

Malaria is a

communicable disease

Years?

2008, 2013

Government grants were

$20-40m

Insecticide sprayed into

72m homes

issue of insecticide spraying was

must be sprayed consistently 3-6 months

Government spent how much on mosquito nets

43m

How much on antimalarial medicines

£15m

Spent on rapid diagnostic tests

£9m

Who was the main ush of insecticidal bed nets

Presidents Malaria Initiative

Malaria rates fell, they

halved death rates from 2000-2010

rates of Malaria in a province fell from

4.6% - 0.8%

province called

Amhara

but still how many rates/ cases a year

70,000

still ednemic

despite not being epidemic

ethiopians are still living with malaria jut

not malaria free

poverty barrier to mitigation

still spread due to migration etc due to farming into lowlands