Malaria and Chinese economic activities in Africa

Cervellati, Matteo; Esposito, Elena; Sunde, Uwe; Yuan, Shuai

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102739

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“…In the absence of effective vaccines, Chinese expatriates in Africa have not yet formed this protective immunity. Furthermore, they often work on projects outside buildings, posing a serious intrinsic threat of malaria exposure [14]. Among the 402 respondents, none had a history of malaria before coming to South Sudan, and 166 (41.29%) had been infected with malaria after coming to South Sudan.…”

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Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Malaria Prevention and Control among Chinese Expatriates in South Sudan

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Yu,

Chen

et al. 2024

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Background:Malaria is a major health risk faced by Chinese expatriates working in South Sudan. The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of Chinese expatriates in South Sudan towards malaria prevention and control, analyze the influencing factors, and provide a basis for reducing the morbidity and mortality of malaria. Methods: By distributing questionnaires, data on socio-demographic characteristics of Chinese expatriates in South Sudan, and information on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards malaria prevention and control were collected from April 5th to 12th, 2023. Results:Of the 402 respondents, none had a history of malaria before coming to South Sudan, the malaria infection rate was 41.29% (166/402). 72.14% of respondents were familiar with knowledge related to malaria prevention and control; 95.02% had a positive attitude towards malaria prevention and control; 89.80% would take active measures to prevent and control malaria in their daily lives. Of the six independent variables included in a binary Logistic regression model, age (OR=1.033, 95% CI: 1.006-1.061, P-value=0.016), cumulative length of time in South Sudan (OR=4.459, 95% CI: 2.650-7.502, P-value＜0.001), and knowledge scores (OR=0.873, 95% CI: 0.814-0.936, P-value＜0.001) were risk factors for contracting malaria. Conclusions: KAP of Chinese expatriates in South Sudan towards malaria prevention and control is generally excellent. Strengthening health education on malaria prevention and control is an effective, feasible, and sustainable strategy to reduce the risk of malaria.

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Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Malaria Prevention and Control among Chinese Expatriates in South Sudan

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Chen

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“…Second, many Chinese development projects are notorious for relying heavily on Chinese rather than local labor (Cervellati et al 2022). While a large share of this labor is used during the implementation stage of the project, some staff, like project managers and maintenance workers, may remain on the project after its completion.…”

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“…This dataset is a widely used data source in analyses that examine the nature, allocation, and effects of Chinese development finance. Contributions in economics and political science includeHsiang and Sekar (2016),Hernandez (2017),Isaksson and Kotsadam (2018a,b),Gehring et al (2019),Anaxagorou et al (2020),Isaksson (2020),Martorano et al (2020),Eichenauer et al (2021),Horn et al (2021),Iacoella et al (2021),Zeitz (2021), andCervellati et al (2022), among others.16 In September 2021, AidData presented an updated version of this dataset, which also covers the years 2015-2017(Custer et al 2021. However, the lack of precise geographic information prevents us from including these data in our analysis.17 We thus use project locations with precision codes 1-4.…”

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Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance

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“…Over a million Chinese migrant workers have been employed in infrastructure projects in Africa, for mining or other activities. Previous statistical results have clearly indicated the relationship between the higher rate of malaria infection and the absence of Chinese migrant workers (Cervellati et al, 2022). In order to maintain good progress on BRI and other local infrastructure, the Chinese government has cautiously handled public health issues by reducing local malaria infection rates, boosting health conditions, and enhancing income equality in relevant African countries.…”

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Income Inequality and the Allocation of China’s Foreign Aid

Lin

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Literature on the impacts of Chinese development finance to developing countries has suggested that China’s links to the global economy are contingent on their foreign policy. This study, however, concludes that China’s foreign aid was directed not to countries with poor economic conditions, but toward inefficient and mismanaged economies with higher income inequality. We used a negative binomial model with a mixed effect to estimate the relationship between income inequality and China’s foreign aid between 2000 and 2017. Our findings show that the more pronounced the income inequality in a state, the more likely it will receive aid from Beijing.

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Malaria and Chinese economic activities in Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 69 publications

Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Malaria Prevention and Control among Chinese Expatriates in South Sudan

Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Malaria Prevention and Control among Chinese Expatriates in South Sudan

Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance

Income Inequality and the Allocation of China’s Foreign Aid

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