Web-based climate information resources for malaria control in Africa.

摘要: Malaria remains a major public health threat to more than 600 million Africans and its control is recognized as critical achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The greatest burden of malaria in Africa occurs endemic regions where disease pathogen continuously present community. These are characterized by an environment that conducive interactions between Anopheles mosquito, parasites human hosts, well housing generally poor quality, which offers little protection from mosquito-human contact. Epidemic tends occur along geographical margins regions, when equilibrium human, parasite mosquito vector populations occasionally disturbed sharp but temporary increase incidence results. When measures inadequate, case much sub-Saharan Africa, distribution closely linked with seasonal patterns climate local environment. In absence good epidemiological data on information has long been used develop risk maps illustrate boundaries 'climatic suitability for transmission.' best known these produced Pan-African-based MARA Collaboration. This paper describes development additional have online, interactive format enable temporal (i.e., seasonality conditions) be queried displayed spatial information. they contain should useful service communities their planning operational activities.