Malaria and primary education in Mali: A longitudinal study in the village of Donéguébougou

Josselin Thuilliez, Mahamadou S Sissoko, Ousmane B Toure, Paul Kamate, Jean-Claude Berthélemy and Ogobara K Doumbo
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Mahamadou S Sissoko: MRTC - Malaria Research and Training Center - Faculté de Médecine de Bamako
Ousmane B Toure: MRTC - Malaria Research and Training Center - Faculté de Médecine de Bamako
Paul Kamate: MRTC - Malaria Research and Training Center - Faculté de Médecine de Bamako
Ogobara K Doumbo: MRTC - Malaria Research and Training Center - Faculté de Médecine de Bamako

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Abstract: This article assesses the role of malaria and certain social determinants on primary education, especially on educational achievement in Donéguébougou, a small village in a malaria-endemic area near Bamako, Mali. Field data was collected by the authors between November 2007 and June 2008 on 227 schoolchildren living in Donéguébougou. Various malaria indicators and econometric models were used to explain the variation in cognitive abilities, teachers' evaluation scores, school progression and absences. Malaria is the primary cause of school absences. Fixed-effects estimates showed that asymptomatic malaria and the presence of falciparum malaria parasites had a direct correlation with educational achievement and cognitive performance. The evidence suggests that the correlation is causal.

Keywords: Malaria; Human capital; Education; Mali; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-07
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Published in Social Science and Medicine, 2010, 2010-07, 71 (2), pp.324-334. ⟨10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.027⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.027

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