Climate and Health

Climate variables may effect malaria transmission in certain regions. These products aid to determine the historical risk for malaria due to climatic factors.

The maps and charts in this section may aid in forecasting malaria epidemics by helping the user understand the climate risk of their region by:

• the suitability of malaria transmission based on historical climate records.
• current climatic conditions to climatic conditions during a past outbreak.

Studies show that three climatic variables are related to malaria outbreaks. These variables and the range that may increase the risk for malaria transmission are listed below.

• Temperature: temperature between 18°C and 32°C
• Precipitation: precipitation is greater than 80mm
• Humidity: relative humidity is greater than 60%

References:

Ceccato P., Connor S. J., Jeanne I., Thomson M.C Application of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing technologies for assessing and monitoring malaria risk. Parassitologia.47.1 (2005), 81-96.