The impact of malaria among the poor and vulnerable : the role of livelihoods and coping strategies in rural Kenya

The thesis set out to explore how households cope with the costs of malaria and the implications of malaria cost burdens for household livelihoods and vulnerability. It uses a conceptual framework that takes a holistic approach to understand vulnerability and the link between malaria and livelihood change. In order to investigate these issues, the study was designed to meet five main objectives: to improve the understanding on the economic burden of malaria; to identify factors that make households vulnerable to the costs of malaria; to identify and explore coping strategies; to understand the role of health care providers in aggravating cost burdens and; to inform policy debates on how to improve access to effective malaria treatment and protect households from high illness costs.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Health Economics Unit

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Chuma, Jane

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Thiede, Michael

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9439

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9439