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Chapter 16 - Benefits and Costs of the Malaria Targets for the Post-2015 Consensus Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2018

Bjorn Lomborg
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Copenhagen Business School
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Despite a 42% decrease in global malaria mortality since 2000, the disease was estimated to cause 627,000 estimated deaths worldwide in 2012. 90% percent of all estimated deaths occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa and 77% were in children under five. Malaria-endemic countries also bear considerable indirect long-term costs associated with physical and cognitive retardation, malnutrition, anaemia and increased disease susceptibility. The past decade of malaria control has seen significant changes in antimalarial drug policies, mass distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets, and corresponding declines in the incidence of malaria (Fegan et al. 2007). A big push is being contemplated to eliminate malaria in areas of unstable transmission, with the eventual goal of global elimination (Smith et al. 2013). Here, we consider two targets that could be useful in the context of an overall malaria eradication strategy: A. Delay artemisinin resistance greater than 1% until 2025 through a combination of quality artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), multiple first-line therapies (MFTs) and resistance containment efforts B. Reduce malaria incidence by 50% between 2015 and 2025 through mass distribution of long lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLITNs)
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Prioritizing Development
A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
, pp. 287 - 294
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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