疟疾带来的经济和社会负担
1Center for International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Nature
|February 8, 2002
概括
疟疾严重阻碍了受影响地区的经济发展和繁荣. 这种寄生性疾病通过各种因素阻碍了增长,包括工人生产率下降和医疗保健成本增加.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 发展经济学 发展经济学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 疟疾是一个重大的全球卫生挑战,不成比例地影响低收入地区.
- 疟疾患病率与全球经济繁荣减少之间存在强烈的相关性.
研究的目的:
- 研究疟疾对人类社会的经济影响.
- 确定疟疾阻碍发展的机制.
主要方法:
- 分析全球人均国内生产总值 (GDP) 的分布.
- 疟疾流行和经济指标之间的相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 疟疾流行国家经济增长率较低.
- 疟疾与降低生育率,人口增长放缓,储蓄和投资减少有关.
结论:
- 疟疾是经济发展的重大障碍.
- 解决疟疾问题对于改善流行地区的经济成果至关重要.
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