Malaria: Fighting for Life in Tanzania

Impact Worldwide

Causes of the Disease

AnophelesParasitic protozoans; Plasmodium

Drug Resistance

Chloroquine

Necessary Policies

ICT- Information and Communications technology

Biotechnologies Against Malaria

Genomic sequence of pathogen Recombinant Vaccines

Economy of “malaria”

“Judged as both a root cause and a consequence of poverty, malaria is

most intractable for the poorest countries in the world.” Gallup,

Sachs (1998)

Current Problem

Retrieved from Maddison (1995)

Previous Efforts

Policy (related to economics)

“Near abandonment by the biomedical establishment … to the developing world.” (Attaran)

Economic Consequences

● Foreign investment● Internal problems❏ Brain drain❏ Stalemate❏ Household economics

● Stigmas created by first world countries

● lack of resources = inability to create technological solutions

Need for Education and Resources

Msaranga Secondary School

Initial investment Basic Research

Financial product of research

results

Reallocation of Funds● Only 4% of the budget spent on science,

innovation, and medical expenses

Retrieved from the World Health Organization World Malaria Report 2014

The Business of Medicine

● Developing countries import from large companies in developed countries

● Patent markups

● Market inefficiency

The Health Impact Fund

● Incentivizes fighting disease in the developing world

● Ethical and economical

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