Re:We Can Eradicate Malaria Within a Generation
by melling on Monday November 03, 2014 @12:01PM
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Well, the trick there is to create a better economy, right? The standard of living will increase then. What are the most effective ways to prevent malaria is to give people $20 nets.
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Re:We Can Eradicate Malaria Within a Generation
by lmkg on Monday November 03, 2014 @02:29PM
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Turns out... one of the easiest ways to create a better economy is to eliminate malaria. It's that bad of a disease, that it contributes to poverty at the national level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria#Economic_impact
It's more difficult to expand and modernize your economy when a significant fraction of your population contracted mild brain damage from preventable infections.
Re:We Can Eradicate Malaria Within a Generation
by chm on Monday November 03, 2014 @02:14PM
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But his goal is to eradicate it, not only prevent it. Preventing is a step towards his goal.
I'm not at all convinced that a higher standard of living inevitably leads to lower malaria infections. I actually think the correlation is rather weak, at least in the initial part of eradicating/battling the disease.
I agree with you that controlling the disease by having a stable, efficient and proactive health care system requires a solid economy. I just don't think that's where the problem lies for the moment.
Re:We Can Eradicate Malaria Within a Generation
by gohrt on Monday November 03, 2014 @01:00PM
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$4 nets!*
http://www.againstmalaria.com/DollarsPerNet.aspx
* (plus shipping and handling)