Open AccessThe Role of the Private Sector in Supporting Malaria Control in Resource Development Settings
Author(s) -
Robert T. Jones,
Lucy S. Tusting,
Hugh M P Smith,
Sylvester Segbaya,
Michael B. MacDonald,
Michael J. Bangs,
James G. Logan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiaa488
Subject(s) - private sector , public sector , control (management) , business , malaria , agriculture , vector (molecular biology) , resource (disambiguation) , settlement (finance) , economic growth , environmental resource management , public relations , environmental planning , political science , medicine , geography , economics , management , ecology , computer science , biology , finance , recombinant dna , biochemistry , computer network , immunology , gene , law , payment
Industrial operations of the private sector, such as extraction, agriculture, and construction, can bring large numbers of people into new settlement areas and cause environmental change that promotes the transmission of vector-borne diseases. Industry-related workers and communities unduly exposed to infection risk typically lack the knowledge and means to protect themselves. However, there is a strong business rationale for protecting local resident employees through integrated vector control programs, as well as an ethical responsibility to care for these individuals and the affected communities. We discuss the role and challenges of the private sector in developing malaria control programs, which can include extensive collaborations with the public sector that go on to form the basis of national vector control programs or more broadly support local healthcare systems.