Causes of Malaria

• The presence of female Anopheles mosquitoes.
• The presence of the plasmodium, in either the mosquitoes or human population.
• A warm, humid climate – temperatures between 16°C and 40°C and abundant rainfall.
• Areas of stagnant water allows mosquitoes to lay their larvae.
• Vegetation nearby to provide shade for the mosquito to hide during the day and digest the blood meal from the night before.
• Poor water supply and sanitation creates stagnant water for breeding.
• People nearby to provide reservoir of blood.
• People working in the padi fields and near water are at higher risk of being bitten, allowing the disease to spread.
• Migrants moving into areas and spreading malaria to areas which previously did not have it - looking for work, refugees etc.
• Airport malaria is when people and mosquitoes carrying the parasite travel to different countries by plane and bring malaria to the area.
• Poor education and healthcare means people do not know how to prevent malaria, spreading it further.
• In some developing countries, government can't afford solutions so the people continue to get malaria.