Geospatial mapping of malaria risk in flood-prone zones of Sub-Saharan Africa
Jeremy Eudaric, Marleen C de Ruiter, Nivedita Sairam, Andrés Camero, Kasra Rafiezadeh Shahi, Mark W Smith, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Heidi Kreibich · 2026
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Jeremy Eudaric and co-authors map malaria risk in flood zones in a 2026 study of Sub-Saharan Africa. They combined flood maps from 2000 to 2018, malaria data, and population data across 492 flood-prone zones in 38 countries. Flood water left standing after floods gives mosquitoes ideal breeding grounds.
Malaria risk was higher in flood-prone regions of East and West Africa than national baselines. About 12 million people diagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum malaria were exposed to flooding, one-third of all flood-affected people. Flood exposure stood out as a main driver of malaria burden in these zones, guiding hotspot targeting.
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| CREATOR | Jeremy Eudaric, Marleen C de Ruiter, Nivedita Sairam, Andrés Camero, Kasra Rafiezadeh Shahi, Mark W Smith, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Heidi Kreibich |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23716 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |