Malaria Research Paper

Malaria is one of the world's deadliest diseases. The disease is the cause of more death than most contagious diseases only being beaten by Aids/HIV, pneumonia and tuberculosis. In Africa and other developing countries, it accounts for thousands of deaths and millions of sickness and large medical costs. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Those affected by the disease can experience fever, chills, and other flu-like symptoms. The disease can cause serious health problems and death if not treated and monitored. Malaria is a deadly disease; however, it is a preventable and treatable disease if adequate care is available. In my paper, I want to into …show more content…
A country socio-economic status can affect how much is invested in health care, which in turn affects health outcomes. It is a vicious cycle; the health outcomes affect income and capital, which in turn affects the economic development of the country. In many parts of Africa allocation of the annual national budget for healthcare is low. This leads to poor health outcomes and an increase in the severity of diseases like malaria. This can cause countries to go into debt trying by fighting the disease. There is a noticeable relationship between malaria and economic growth. The fight against malaria can lead to poor health outcomes which in turn leads to a low gross national income and poor economic growth. Also, another part of the cycle is that the poor socioeconomic status of certain countries leads to industrialized countries spending less time and resources on them, as the return on investment is low leading. This leads to less aid in the countries that need it only furthering health and economic issues. Diseases like malaria are so severe in non-industrialized countries for a multitude of reason from weak health care system, lack of government support and geography; this leads to an endless cycle where countries are going into debt trying to prevent the disease, but also have no money to solve the problem. The same countries are also not getting any money from countries that can help because they have no money; which limits the ability of poor countries to fight certain diseases. In the end diseases like malaria are still effective because many less developed countries have limited resources or access to resources in fighting the

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