Malaria (Ethiopa)

Malaria

• A vector borne disease that is carried by female mosquitos. It causes fevers, chills, exhaustion

• Approximately 240 million people contract malaria annually

• Concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopa

• Located in west Africa

• GDP per capita of around $1200 dollars

Ethiopia risk to malaria

• 70% of the population is at risk due to tropical cliamtes, poverty, stagant water, and limited healthcare access

• From janurary to october 2024, there were 7.3 million malaria cases and 1157 deaths

• Children, pregant women, travelers are most vulnerable

Economic Costs

• 2020, Ethiopa spent $200 million annually, about 10% of all healthcare spending

• around 25% of household income is spent on homes

Impacts of malaria

• Affects education as children miss school, lowering education rates

• Reduced worker productivity, especially in agriculture as people get sick, leading to economic losses and food insecurity.

• Anxiety, grief, and stress for affected families and communities.

• Lack of food propagates the cycle of malaria contractions

Factors that cause disease diffusion

• poverty limits access to healthcare

• poor sanitation

• Weaken immune systems from malnutrition

• Unregulated urbanization development near water bodies causes more people to enter mosquito breeding grounds

• Deforestation increases temperatures and creates stagnant water

Solutions

• insecticides

• Mosquito nets to cover stagnant water

• Removing unused irrigation channels

• immunizations

• education

Disadvantages of insecticides

• causes water pollution and impacts the safety of the food chain and ecosystems

Insecticide treated Nets

Education

Health Extension Program has 34,000 workers who have been trained to deliver a “package’ of basic services to communities such as the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of malaria.