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.

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