Africa Platform

Change in Malaria Prevalence among Children (%) 2000- 2015
Malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted by mosquitoes, affects millions of people worldwide. Treatment and prevention efforts such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and rapid diagnostic tests significantly decreased the number of malaria cases in Africa. This layer displays the change in malaria rates (%) from 2000 to 2015 among children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Data provider

University of Oxford
Suggested citation

The Malaria Atlas Project: https://map.ox.ac.uk/explorer/#/explorer
Related tool or portal

https://malariaatlas.org/
Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)
Date or time period of observation

2000-2015
Frequency of update

Not Updated
Geographic coverage

Africa
Spatial Resolution

10 km
Technical background
Cautions

No caution provided
Related SDGs and targets

GOAL 03: Good health and well-being,
Related Topics

Health, Public Health, Diseases & Pandemic, One Health, Sustainable Growth & Jobs, People, Demography