This indicates that altitude is a good predictor of the distribution of malaria in a region.
Economic development has played an enormous role in shaping the current global distribution of malaria.
Top: Distribution of malaria in southern Europe, southwest Asia, and Africa around 1920 (green), prior to mosquito eradication programs.
I know, and completely accept, that Amref's priority is the prevention of disease - hence clean water and the distribution of malaria nets.
Secondly, considering data from across regions, they found that, in years with a higher mean temperature, the overall distribution of malaria cases shifted to higher altitudes.
However, numerous other factors also contribute to the non-random distribution of malaria infections, such as human demography and behaviour, immune history and current health status, and access to adequate health services.
We examine the distribution of malaria genetics across seven sites within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and two nearby countries, Ghana and Kenya, in order to understand how the relatedness of malaria parasites varies across space, and whether there are barriers to the flow of malaria parasites within the DRC or across borders.
"We have estimated that, based on the distribution of malaria with altitude, a 1C rise in temperature could lead to an additional three million cases in under-15-year-olds per year," said Prof Pascual.
The geographic distribution of malaria within large regions is complex, and malaria-afflicted and malaria-free areas are often found close to each other.
A review of the global distribution of malaria vectors [34] was used to identify those African Anopheles species that are capable of transmitting malaria.
Mosquito catches performed during the follow-up (i.e. in 2002 and 2003) confirmed a homogeneous distribution of malaria vectors in the study villages (unpublished data).
