Highlights

New estimates of malaria deaths have been published, based in part on estimates of malaria prevalence developed by the Malaria Atlas Project.

A new alpha version of Africa-wide population datasets is now freely available from the AfriPop project website. These new datasets provide estimates of the distribution of children under five years old and women of child-bearing age for each 1km grid square across Africa for the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015.

A global map of Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity is launched. In a new Malaria Journal article, MAP presents a series of maps describing the global distribution and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly of the malaria parasites, for the year 2010. In addition, maps of entomological inoculation rate and reproductive number (to translate theoretical findings into real-world settings) have been generated. These maps are described in full in the article and can all be found here on the MAP website.

The World Malaria Report 2011 is published by the World Health Organization and is reported in the media worldwide.

New web portal launched. Find over 1,800 products using our Resource Browser, including estimates of populations at malaria risk, mosquito distributions and bionomics, and maps of malaria endemicity.

A new global map of vivax malaria endemicity is launched. This work is currently being prepared for publication and a full suite of vivax endemicity maps will be available from the MAP website in the new year (2012).

Atlas of Malaria Eliminating Countries is launched. The Malaria Atlas Project recently collaborated with the UCSF Global Health Group to produce an Atlas of Malaria-Eliminating Countries and an Atlas of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network.

Coming soon - contemporary estimates of the global burden of sickle-cell disease.