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[Public Health/Medicine in General]

Do not forget about ageism described in Tsuchiya et. al.(2003)

• • Productivity
  • Health Maximization
  • Fair Inning

[Africa and Development]

Africa

Two salient public health problems facing Africa are HIV/AIDS and Malaria
Leading causes of death by age in the African Region, 2002

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Malaria

genus plasmodium
anophiline mosquito
500 million people are infected
1 million people are died every year

# Cost-effective Intervention

• Preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfa drugs
  • 13-24 dollars per DALY averted
• Residual household spraying
  • 9-24 dollars per DALY averted
• Insecticide-treated bed nets
  • 5-17 dollars per DALY averted
• Preventive treatment in pregnancy with newer drugs
  • 2-11 dollars per DALY averted

HIV/AIDS

38 million people are infected

Country Example

• Family Planning
  • Success in SE-Asia
  • Limited Success in SSA
• Mortality
  • Former USSR
  • SSA
• Demographic Transition Exception
  • Historical: France and USA
  • Current: Former USSR and SSA