Background Approaches in malaria risk mapping continue to advance in scope with the
advent of geostatistical techniques spanning both the spatial and temporal domains. A …

There is a long history of considering the constituent components of malaria risk and the
malaria transmission cycle via the use of mathematical models, yet strategic planning in …

Malaria surveillance and interventions in endemic countries often target young children at
highest risk of malaria morbidity and mortality. We aimed to determine whether school-age …

Model-based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications provides an
introductory account of model-based geostatistics, its implementation in open-source …

Background Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are the cornerstone of malaria control in sub-
Saharan Africa but their effectiveness may be compromised by the spread of pyrethroid …

The High Burden High Impact (HBHI) strategy for malaria encourages countries to use
multiple sources of available data to define the sub-national vulnerabilities to malaria risk …

A major public health question is whether urbanization will transform malaria from a rural to
an urban disease. However, differences about definitions of urban settings, urban malaria …

The mapping of malaria risk has a history stretching back over 100 years. The last decade,
however, has seen dramatic progress in the scope, rigour and sophistication of malaria …

Malaria is a major health concern for many developing countries. Designing strategies for
efficient distribution of malaria medications, such as Artemesinin Combination Therapies, is …

Background Malaria remains a public health problem in developing countries and Malawi is
no different. Although there has been an improvement in reducing malaria in Malawi, it …