Impact of Malaria

• Mosquitoes tend to breed at the same time as crops are being harvested


  Families may not be able to harvest their crops and this can lead to food shortages
• Families may not be able to harvest their crops

  Less income for farmers, reducing their standard of living
• High percentage of a family's income spent on health care


  Less money available for food or education
• Children miss school due to illness


  Reduces literacy rates, leading to a less skilled workforce in the future
• Malaria is untreated


  Malaria can spread to the organs and brain, leading to life long illness
• Family members die from malaria


  Reduced mental health
• Children lose their parents


  They become vulnerable to exploitation as orphans
• Government spends a lot on health care to combat malaria


  Money diverted away from other projects like railways or roads, stalling development
• Tourists avoid the country due to fear of catching malaria


  Reduced foreign income, loss of jobs, higher unemployment