Abstract
Malaria represents a leading illness and cause of death throughout areas of the Global South. Since malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, environmental conditions are paramount in understanding malaria vulnerabilities. A burgeoning area of research connects anthropogenic deforestation and subsequent land-use changes to the expansion of mosquito habitats and malaria outbreaks. This paper explores those literatures, and also examines the drivers of deforestation in the Global South to demonstrate how population pressures, agricultural production, and rural migration patterns underlie motivations for deforestation and land transformation in poorer countries.
Highlights
Malaria is a parasitic disease that has plagued human societies throughout history, and continues to represent a major threat to health and well-being today
Since malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, environmental conditions are paramount in understanding malaria vulnerabilities
A burgeoning area of research connects anthropogenic deforestation and subsequent land-use changes to the expansion of mosquito habitats and malaria outbreaks. This paper explores those literatures, and examines the drivers of deforestation in the Global South to demonstrate how population pressures, agricultural production, and rural migration patterns underlie motivations for deforestation and land transformation in poorer countries
Summary
Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations. Austin is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Studies program at Lehigh University. Her research focuses on examining trends in health and environmental outcomes across developing nations. Austin conducts cross-national, quantitative research, as well as fieldwork on malaria, coffee production, and other health and environmental inequalities in rural Uganda
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