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Home >  Books >  Malaria and the DDT Story
Malaria and the DDT Story
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By Roger Bate, Richard Tren
Posted: Saturday, December 1, 2001
Malaria and the DDT Story
Dimensions: 7.5'' x 5''
107 pages
Institute of Economic Affairs
Publication Date: December 2001
Paperback
ISBN: 0255364997

Malaria kills millions of people each year and hundreds of millions more suffer chronic illness. Economic development is inhibited and poverty is perpetuated.

Tren and Bate argue that action against malaria is over-centralised and narrowly focused, ignoring local conditions and concerns. Health agencies in developing countries and some companies are trying to stem a resurgent tide of malaria. Their work is, however, hampered by pressure from environmentalist groups and donor agencies which still crusade against the use of DDT and which have won a partial victory under the POPs (persistent organic pollutants) convention. A continuing anit-DDT campaign would have as its victims people in some of the world's poorest countries.

Roger Bate is a visiting fellow at AEI.



Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Historical malaria control policies
  3. Drug therapy against malaria
  4. DDT and the global eradication campaign
  5. Environmentalism and malaria control
  6. DDT--environmental saviour?
  7. Economic cost of malaria
  8. Wider economic costs
  9. Conclusion

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