H&D - Malaria Impacts

Question 1

education

Answer 1

• increases educationa absenteeism bc kids r to ill to go to skl = effects education = impedes on further education
• 11% of primary skl days are lost bc of malaria per year in kenya

Question 2

economic growth & productivity

Answer 2

• ppl are too ill to work = econ growth slowed by 1.3% in africa
• if mossie breeding season coincides w harvest time and fams cant harvest crops bc infection = decreases food security

Question 3

tourism

Answer 3

decreases in tourism bc tourists choose to go where no malaria = loss of livelihood and foreign investors put off from investing

Question 4

personal income

Answer 4

monet spent on ITNs, doctors etc + lost income bc days off work = lot of income couldve been spend in other areas eg food

Question 5

govmt spending

Answer 5

high expenditure on hospital supplies and paying staff = diverts money away from other priorities, e.g. improving infrastructure