Costs to individuals and their families include drugs, travel to and treatment at clinics, lost time at work and school, and expenses for preventive measures. Costs to governments include maintenance of health facilities, purchases of drugs and supplies, public-health interventions such as spraying insecticide or distributing insecticide-treated bed nets, and lost revenue from taxes and tourism.
疟疾令个人、家庭和政府付出了高昂的代价。对于个人和家庭而言，他们的代价包括药物、往返医院和接受治疗的费用、误工和缺课以及相关预防措施的支出。对于政府而言则包括维护医疗设施、采购药品和装备、喷洒杀虫剂或分发经杀虫剂处理的蚊帐等公共卫生干预和来自于税收和旅游业的收入减少等。