A nonprofit academic group founded May 1, 2006 and led by Peter Gething, the Kerry M. Stokes Chair in Child Health at the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Western Australia. The Malaria Atlas Project creates and distributes geographical information about malaria worldwide, estimating malaria prevalence and distribution patterns across regions, making its data publicly accessible through its own repository, and supplying mapped information to organizations including the World Health Organization. The project combines medical data, climate information and community prevalence estimates using statistical modeling to produce comprehensive global malaria maps used to guide control and elimination programs.
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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.
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MAP was founded by Bob Snow and Simon Hay in 2005 to fill the niche for the malaria control community at a global scale.
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The work of MAP falls into three areas:Estimation of the spatial distribution of malaria prevalence and incidence and related topics, such as the spatial distribution of insecticide treated nets, antimalarial drugs, mosquito vectors, and human blood disorders
Disseminating data on malaria via the Repository for Open Access Data (ROAD-MAP) project
Providing maps relating to malaria prevalence and related topics for the World Health Organization (WHO) and other bodies
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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.
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