African dams linked to over one million malaria cases annually
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 10:30
in Mathematics & Economics
For the first time, research correlates the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria and quantifies the impacts across sub-Saharan Africa. The study looked at over 1,200 dams and found that the population at risk for malaria around dams is at least four times greater than previously estimated.