Download your copy in PDF format Get Acrobat Reader. Malaria kills millions of people each year and hundreds of millions more suffer chronic illness.
Economic development is inhibited and poverty is perpetuated.
Tren and Bate argue that action against malaria is over-centralised and narrowly focused, ignoring local conditions and concerns. Health agencies in developing countries and some companies are trying to stem a resurgent tide of malaria. A continuing anit-DDT campaign would have as its victims people in some of the world's poorest countries.