Business Investing in Malaria Control: Economic Returns and ... - Path
Business Investing in Malaria Control: Economic Returns and ... - Path
Business Investing in Malaria Control: Economic Returns and ... - Path
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Zambia Sugar collected detailed absence data that allowed for a further plausibility check. As displayed <strong>in</strong><br />
Figure A.10, the rates of absence (sick rates) were <strong>in</strong>deed positively correlated with malaria <strong>in</strong>cidence <strong>and</strong><br />
the reduction <strong>in</strong> malaria co<strong>in</strong>cided with a reduction <strong>in</strong> absence. Over the past decade, all-cause sick rates<br />
appear to have fallen by nearly two thirds, converg<strong>in</strong>g towards a long-term level of 1.57%.<br />
Figure A.10<br />
Sick rates (average daily absence due to malaria illness) at Zambia Sugar 2001–2009<br />
Sick rate (percentage)<br />
8<br />
Over time<br />
Relation to malaria<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
100.00<br />
10.00<br />
1.00<br />
0.10<br />
Monthly malaria <strong>in</strong>cidence (percentage)<br />
Sick rate (percentage)<br />
8<br />
Pre-2003 average percentage: 4.49<br />
6<br />
2003 average percentage: 2.84<br />
4<br />
Long-term level percentage: 1.57<br />
2<br />
0<br />
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Source: Company data.<br />
Note: The long-term level is def<strong>in</strong>ed through an autoregressive model.<br />
BUSINESS INVESTING IN MALARIA CONTROL: ECONOMIC RETURNS AND A HEALTHY WORKFORCE FOR AFRICA<br />
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