malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub … the observed malnutrition and mortality outcomes. Secondly, to address unobserved but correlated factors, we exploit … information from GIS and malaria databases to construct variables that capture additional components of children's geographic …

consider malaria as a measure of "bad geography" and propose some evidence showing that it was a major determinant of the …. In particular, to estimate the relationship between malaria exposure and height, I rely on the "fetal origins hypothesis …", that is I hypothesize that exposure to malaria in utero or during childhood has persistent effects on health. Periods under …

: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …