That's an interesting perspective. I never considered people who tried to cure malaria would do it for any other reasons that the deaths it causes. The product

That's an interesting perspective. I never considered people who tried to cure malaria would do it for any other reasons that the deaths it causes. The productivity loss could be another worthy cause. I still believe people who are after a cure mainly do it to prevent the deaths it causes. Wikipedia reports that Malaria is responsible for "2.23% of deaths worldwide" which is not negligible.