Malaria

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stock, Carolyn | McIvor Joss, Donna^;

Affiliations: Occupational Therapy Department, Worcester State College, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA 01602, USA

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Abstract: Malaria remains a significant health threat to the world's population. Increases in international travel and migration; climatic changes; resistance to insecticides and antimalarial drugs all contribute to the enduring nature of the disease. Poverty is a key factor in determining who will succumb.

Keywords: Malaria, Global health, Vaccine, Poverty

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1998-10113

Journal: Work, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 85-99, 1998