Malaria presents a serious health problem in Ghana. About 90% of all these deaths in Africa occur in young children. This puts the health care system in a burden. However in SSA (Sub-Saharan Africa), malaria is ranked second after HIV and AIDS. The effect of malaria on people of all ages is vastly. Nevertheless, it is very serious among pregnant women and children because due to their immunity. Malaria can cause anemia, miscarriages, underweight babies, and maternal deaths for pregnant women if it is not treated properly. In Africa, the disease has caused many children to stop attending school which messes up their learning abilities and very few, about 2%, suffer from epilepsy. Malaria is not only a public health problem but also a developmental and
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In Ghana, malaria is the leading cause of death rates in children ages five years and under and the leading cause of workdays lost for adults due to the illness. On the average, three work days is lost per fever occurrence by the patient and 2 work days by the caretaker. The value of the days lost to the management and treatment is $ 6.87 in the United States and this formed about 79 percent of the cost of seeking treatment in 1994. The disease is responsible for about 10.2 percent of all healthy life lost from diseases, making it the chief cause of lost days of healthy life in Ghana. The stress of economic development and reduction of poverty has not been all that successful in Ghana. According to Felix Ankomah Asante, the malaria burden has not been presented to persuade political leaders to dedicate necessary attention for this frightful disease (Asante 9). To evaluate the economic burden of malaria in Ghana, the goal is to estimate the impact of the burden of malaria on economic growth, estimate the cost of malaria illness and control, and to determine the ability and willingness to pay for malaria
In Ghana, malaria is the leading cause of death rates in children ages five years and under and the leading cause of workdays lost for adults due to the illness. On the average, three work days is lost per fever occurrence by the patient and 2 work days by the caretaker. The value of the days lost to the management and treatment is $ 6.87 in the United States and this formed about 79 percent of the cost of seeking treatment in 1994. The disease is responsible for about 10.2 percent of all healthy life lost from diseases, making it the chief cause of lost days of healthy life in Ghana. The stress of economic development and reduction of poverty has not been all that successful in Ghana. According to Felix Ankomah Asante, the malaria burden has not been presented to persuade political leaders to dedicate necessary attention for this frightful disease (Asante 9). To evaluate the economic burden of malaria in Ghana, the goal is to estimate the impact of the burden of malaria on economic growth, estimate the cost of malaria illness and control, and to determine the ability and willingness to pay for malaria