Introduction

One of our manuscript reviewers suggested we consider renaming this book The Contextual Influences of Malaria, because “Determinants” was too “deterministic.” Yet, determinants are precisely what we are after. Various features of malaria epidemiology have long been given mathematical expression, and recent climate change impact studies have used such formulas as surrogates for future malaria risk. If we are to take such studies seriously, we must be convinced that their equations include the true controlling determinants.