malaria in ethiopia

• incidence and prevalence of malaria

  Endemic in 75% of the country

  Kills 70,000 people every year

  area highest at risk is the lowlands

  Transmissions peak during rainy season
• environmental causes of malaria

  humid climates with stagnant water and having low altitudes
• Human causes

  Population movements ,urbanisation ,irrigation schemes, misuse of malaria drugs

  During harvest season increased movement which ties in with the rainy season.

  Harvesting happens at sunset where mosquitoes are most active and the workers sleep in the fields

  Irrigation programmes have increased the breeding grounds for malaria.