Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Malaria is a common infection in tropical areas, transmitted between humans
through female anopheles mosquito bites as it seeks blood meal to carry out
egg production. The infection forms a direct threat to the lives of many people
in South Sudan. Reports show that malaria caused a large proportion of
morbidity and mortality in the fledgling nation, accounting for 20% to 40%
morbidity and 20% to 25% mortality, with the majority of the affected people
being children and pregnant mothers. In this thesis, we construct and analyze
mathematical models for malaria transmission in South Sudan context
incorporating national malaria control strategic plan. In addition, we investigate
important factors such as climatic conditions and population mobility
that may drive malaria in South Sudan. Furthermore, we study a stochastic
version of the deterministic model by introducing a white noise.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/7037 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Mukhtar, Abdulaziz Yagoub Abdelrahman |
| Contributors | Munyakazi, Justin B. |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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