Forest burning stands as a highly used practice in the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Burning trees is the cheapest way to … negative effects, in particular health-induced problems by the polluted air. This study aims to investigate whether these … effects on the health of the region’s population are statistically significant, using as variables mortality and morbidity …

This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is … forest cover loss on increased malarial incidence. The effect is specific to malaria, with forest cover having no discernible …

This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is … effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial incidence. Falsification tests reveal that the effect is specific … to malaria, with forest cover having no discernible effect on other diseases with a disease ecology different from that …

Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …