Bedri, Abdulhamid (Dr)Taye, Belaineh2021-04-052023-11-042021-04-052023-11-042011-07http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25932Malaria is a global health problem that has a nega tive influence on the supply and produ ctivity of labour. apart from its mortality and morbidity consequences, its burden on the society measured in economic terms is significan t. one of the objectives of this study was to identify the economic cost of Malaria on rural households using the cost of illness approach. Primary data was collected through struc tured questionnaire from randomly selected kebeles in Ilu Woreda of West Shoa Zone. It was lea rned from the survey result that treatment cost was by far higher than prevention cost. this indicated [he need for health education and community mobilization so as to enhance malaria prevention and control ac tiviti es. In an endeavor to control malaria , emphasis should be given to protect individuals against infective mosquito bites. Since the use of insecticide impregnated bednet is one of these protective measures available to households, the second objective of the survey was directed towards estimating households willingness to pay for it. The mean willingness to pay was found to be birr 44.26the survey result further indicated that the willingness to pay decision was influenced by households characteri stics and burden of malaria on households. Income has been found to be the most important factol' in determining the willingness to pay decision. the implication is that the ex tremely low income of the society limits the use of insecticide impregnated bed net, which calls for a support scheme in order to reduce the burden ot'nialaria on ruraJ'househoidi . . .enEconomic CostMALARIAThesis