Plant Medicines Used in the Treatment of Malaria
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Date
2014
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Publisher
Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Food, Medicine and Cosmetics
Abstract
Globally, malaria ranks among the top three communicable killer
diseases. Each year,malaria causes 781 000 deaths and illnesses in an
estimated 225 million people worldwide (WHO, 2010).Most deaths
occur in sub-Saharan Africa (WHO, 2008), with young children
and pregnant women at greatest risk for severe forms of malaria
and death (WHO, 2008). Uganda has one of the highest burdens of
malaria globally, with an estimated 70 000–110 000 children dying
of malaria each year (Lynch et al., 2005).
At the household and at the national level, malaria exerts significant
social and economic costs (Sachs and Malaney, 2002). These
costs include direct medical costs to treat the disease and also lost
income resulting from inability to work or time taken off work to
care for relatives with malaria. Malaria in children impacts negatively
on school attendance and decreases savings at the household
level. At the national level, governments incur the costs of prevention
and treatment ofmalaria. Furthermore, the economic impact of
malaria endemicity includes lower trade, tourism and foreign direct
investment (Sachs and Malaney, 2002).
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Keywords
Plant Medicines, Treatment, Malaria
Citation
Tabuti, J. R., Nyamukuru, A., & Lamorde, M. (2014). Plant Medicines Used in the Treatment of Malaria. Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Food, Medicine and Cosmetics, 175-178.