Malaria | Geography | A-Level | MSF

This A-Level Geography resource examines the global prevalence and distribution of malaria. It provides examples of management, prevention and mitigation strategies adopted by Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in tackling malaria in Burundi and Ethiopia. There are a range of activities with answers and examples of A-Level/IB examination questions in the presentation for students to work through.

Specification links

• AQA - 3.2.4.3 Environment, health and well-being: The global prevalence, distribution, seasonal incidence of one specified biologically transmitted disease, e.g. malaria; its links to physical and socio-economic environments including impacts of environmental variables on transmission vectors. Impact on health and well-being. Management and mitigation strategies.
• IB - Option F - 2. Food systems and spread of diseases: Geographic factors contributing to the incidence, diffusion and impacts (demographic and socio-economic) of vector-borne and water-borne diseases
• OCR - Topic 3.2 – Disease Dilemmas - 3. How effectively are communicable and noncommunicable diseases dealt with? Case study of one communicable disease, such as malaria or tuberculosis, at a country scale, either an LIDC or EDC