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Ethics in Malaria

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Introduction

Malaria is one of the most ancient diseases with a very rich historical past. Today it is a disease of the subtropical and tropical world. Malaria encompasses many different issues and has successfully resisted many attempts of liberating the world by eradication and elimination from its burden of disease (Packard 2007).

Malaria is responsible for the highest global disease burden of all vector-borne diseases. Furthermore, the World Health Organization’s World malaria report 2019 highlights the burden of malaria among two most-at risk groups: pregnant women and children in Africa: In 2018, 11 million pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa were infected by malaria, and children under 5 years accounted for 67% of all malaria deaths (World Health Organization 2019).

There are many ethical issues raised by malaria which are unique for this disease. This overview will highlight the major ethical aspects of malaria research. It is a current snapshot and does not pretend to be...

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  1. UNESCO Chair on Bioethics, Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Christiane Druml

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  1. Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Peter G. Kremsner

  2. Medical School, St. George's, University of London Medical School, New Malden, UK

    Sanjeev Krishna

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Druml, C. (2020). Ethics in Malaria. In: Kremsner, P., Krishna, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Malaria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8757-9_157-1

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