Fighting against malaria: prevent wars while waiting for the "miraculous" vaccine

• Autores: José García Montalvo, Marta Reynal Querol
• Localización: Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie EC - (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas), Nº. 31, 2002, 49 págs.
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The World Health Organization estimates that 300 million clinical cases of malaria occur annually and its incidence increased during the 90's. There are basically two factors behind the incidence of malaria: "geographical destiny", or ecological conditions, and social conditions, which are related with unstable populations or movements of people. In this paper we explore the influence of civil wars and refugees from wars on the incidence of malaria in the asylum countries using a large panel data. The panel structure helps to separate "geographical destiny" from other social conditions. The results of the estimation show the importance of civil wars? refugees on the increase of malaria during recent years.