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

Malaria – a disease caused by parasitic microorganisms of the Plasmodium genus – has been shown to impede economic … malaria outbreaks are associated with an immediate decline in economic development approximated by night light intensity. We …

disease environment (malaria prevalence, water pollution, HIV rates) and a policy neglect (underprovision of health care …Comparing DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of … malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub …

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility, whereas within estimates that are identified of off … time-series variation show both positive and negative results depending on the HIV/AIDS variable used. These within …

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility, whereas within estimates that are identified of off … time-series variation show both positive and negative results depending on the HIV/AIDS variable used. These within …

of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the …We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence …. The reduction in malaria mortality has been roughly equal to the reduction in other causes of mortality. We then ask …