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A new global effort to control malaria

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  • Jeffrey D. Sachs

    () (Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute)

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    The global campaign to eradicate malaria, launched in 1955 and phased out by the end of the 1960s, has been dubbed a misguided failure. Although the campaign did not come close to achieving its headline objective of eradicating malaria, it did lead to enormous and sustained reductions in the burden of malaria in dozens of countries around the world. Unfortunately, the world failed to heed the right lesson: global eradication is not feasible, but sustained malaria control restricting transmission to low levels is. The time has come to resurrect a worldwide effort to control malaria, albeit one not predicated on complete eradication of the disease.

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    Paper provided by Columbia University, Department of Economics in its series Discussion Papers with number 0203-11.

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    Length: 6 pages
    Date of creation: 2002
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    Handle: RePEc:clu:wpaper:0203-11

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    1. Shubham Chaudhuri & Pinelopi K. Goldberg & Panle Jia, 2003. "The Effects of Extending Intellectual Property Rights Protection to Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Indian Pharmaceutical," Discussion Papers 0304-08, Columbia University, Department of Economics.
    2. Panle Gia & Pinelopi K. Goldberg & Shubham Chaudhuri, 2006. "Estimating the Effects of Global Patent Protection in Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study of Quinolones in India," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(5), pages 1477-1514, December.

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