Malaria research, 1980-2004, and the burden of disease.
Malaria is estimated to cause about 1.6% of the 57 million deaths occurring annually and 2.3% of the disease burden. However, it accounts for only about 0.4% of world biomedical research, and this percentage is barely changing. Most of the research takes place in Europe and North America, which are little affected directly by the disease, 90% of whose burden occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Research includes both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical approaches; the fastest growing ones involve the artemisinins and genetics. Leading countries in malaria research (including India, Thailand, Kenya and Nigeria) differ greatly in the subjects that they favour.
Lewison
Grant
G
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. g.lewison@ucl.ac.uk
Srivastava
Divya
D
D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D001208:Asia; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009656:North America