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The Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) is a nonprofit academic group led by Peter Gething, Kerry M Stokes Chair in Child Health, at the Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia. The group is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , with previous funding also coming from the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust .
The Malaria Atlas Project aims to map global levels of malaria, providing a way to determine the global spatial limits of the disease and to assess disease burden. [224] [225] This effort led to the publication of a map of P. falciparum endemicity in 2010 and an update in 2019. [226] [227] [228] As of 2021, 84 countries have endemic malaria. [18]
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Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP) [1] is the first single comprehensive blueprint for global malaria control and elimination. It outlines strategies, costs, goals and timelines designed to build on the trajectory of recent successes in malaria control, moving towards full malaria control and beyond in countries across the globe.
Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...
Malaria: 2,800 [138] 1829–1833 Pacific Northwest malaria epidemic 1829–1833 Pacific Northwest, United States Malaria, possibly other diseases too 150,000 [139] [140] 1829–1835 Iran plague outbreak 1829–1835 Iran: Bubonic plague: Unknown [141] 1834–1836 Egypt plague epidemic 1834–1836 Egypt: Bubonic plague: Unknown [142]
Vector map from BlankMap-World6, compact.svg by Canuckguy et al. Data from Death and DALY estimates for 2004 by cause for WHO Member States (Persons, all ages) (2009-11-12) Combined by Lokal_Profil