Assessing the Influence of Climate Change on Malaria Disease

This essay provides an assessment of the influences of climatic changes on the infectious disease of Malaria. It explores how variations in climate, influenced by factors like temperature and rainfall, impact the spread and intensity of malaria. The essay highlights the role of mosquitoes, the ...Read More

Running head: Malaria and change in climate
Malaria and climate

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Malaria and climate change
The essay focuses on the assessment of the influences of climatic changes on infectious
diseases like Malaria. The climatic change is simply a stage of variation in the climate which
takes place due to several changing factors in the external or internal zone of weather. The
atmosphere is adversely affecting from the long decade.
The factor of change in climate is a main cause of the disease of Malaria. Malaria, the most
common disease known due to the mosquito bites and kills approximately people of hundred
nine countries. The infectious disease like Malaria is rapidly spread and increases due to
adverse effects on ecology.
Malaria considered as a deadly disease under category of “Vector borne diseases (VBD)”.
The disease is infected by the bite of mosquito named as arthropod species in a medical term.
It is recently reported in the year of 2015 that the disease of Malaria transmits in almost
ninety seven countries as per World Health Organisation (WHO) research. (Caminade et.al.
2014).
The climatic change influences the disease of malaria during its incubation period of a
mosquito. The lifespan of any mosquito is increased by the factor of change in temperature.
For instance- rainfall is one of the causes of malaria because stagnant water get deposited
which aids breeding number of mosquito eggs. Higher temperature along with sufficient
rainfall also boosts the breeding of the lifespan of an infected mosquito. An increased level of
humidity results into droughts which consequently turns into small rivers or pools for the
mosquitoes sites for breeding (Tren, 2008).
The disease of the malaria introduced through the prominent medical officer, Ronald Ross.
Ross was the first person to demonstrate the mosquito’s parasites. Another pioneer in the
history of malaria was “Manuel Elkin Patarroyo”, a medical professor who created a first
attempt to cure disease by its creation of synthetic vaccine. The disease of malaria is caused
by the one-celled parasite called “Plasmodium”. The female species named anopheles pick
up the blood from any infected human on a bite in order to breed her eggs (Gething
et.al.2010).

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In order to curb the disease of malaria, the preventive measures are needed to implement.
Such preventive measures include long lasting treatment, lasting spraying in indoor areas and
access of anti-malarial drugs. Billions of population is affected by the disease of malaria
mostly the poor families. The effective eradication strategy must be implemented to
widespread awareness among people about the health issues of malaria. For instance- strategy
like RBM (Roll Back Malaria) must acquire public awareness (Lafferty, 2009).
The climatic change on the disease of malaria seems hard to measure as they fluctuate
uncertainly. The future years does not provide a transparent or stable vision of weather. The
evidences by scientist indicate that malaria varies seasonally in highly endemic areas. Some
scientist reported that overpopulation is another facet responsible for malaria. Even the
extreme lower temperature is also contributing growth of mosquitoes (Martens et.al. 2015)
Thus, several environmentalists’ studies suggest that warmer climate is a major cause in
increase of the malaria. The rise in warmer temperature cannot be controlled and regulates if
the environmental hazards like pollution exists. Everything is linked together ultimately with
an environment (Ostfeld, 2009)
Therefore, the essay concludes that no health issues shall be introduced if every human being
is concerned with an environment first. The “green and healthy environment” is a key to curb
the deadly disease like malaria. In order to establish green and healthy environment, the
preventive measures must ensure the strict monitoring and regulation over its negative
outcomes.

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References
Caminade, C., Kovats, S., Rocklov, J., Tompkins, A. M., Morse, A. P., Colón-González, F.
J., ...& Lloyd, S. J. (2014). Impact of climate change on global malaria
distribution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), 3286-3291.
Gething, P. W., Smith, D. L., Patil, A. P., Tatem, A. J., Snow, R. W., & Hay, S. I. (2010).
Climate change and the global malaria recession. Nature, 465(7296), 342-345.
Lafferty, K. D. (2009). The ecology of climate change and infectious
diseases. Ecology, 90(4), 888-900.
Martens, W. J., Niessen, L. W., Rotmans, J., Jetten, T. H., & McMichael, A. J. (2015).
Potential impact of global climate change on malaria risk. Environmental
health perspectives, 103(5), 458.
Ostfeld, R. S. (2009). Climate change and the distribution and intensity of infectious
diseases. Ecology, 90(4), 903-905.
Tren, R. (2008). Malaria and climate change. Working papers series, Julian Simon Centre for
Policy Research.