Malaria In Ethiopia

Question 1

Human causes of malaria in Ethiopia

Answer 1

Lack of education on how malaria is transmitted
Urbanisation- high population density (more blood meals)
Mosquitos lay eggs in stagnant water eg discarded tires and buckets
Working on the fields or on farms increases probability of being bitten by a vector
Irrigation protects- Gambala Province

Question 2

Environmental/ physical causes of malaria in Ethiopia

Answer 2

Relief: malaria is concentrated in humid lowlands and absent in the cooler highlands temperature: not colder than 10 C
Stagnant water
Day of heavy rain will make good environment for mosquitoes to reproduce but a week of heavy rain will destroy them
Mosquitos are most active after the sunset

Question 3

Impacts on the economy

Answer 3

40% of national health expenditure is malaria