Geography of Disease Burden: Case Studies in Namibia and Eritrea

Abstract Africa continues to experience the highest infectious disease burden despite an increase in investments. These include investments malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, as well communicable diseases. The global targets are reduce of these diseases through improved surveillance, prevention outbreaks, effective case management, elimination and eventually, eradication. Achieving targets, however, is limited by poor geographic descriptions burden. Of big five burdens, malaria most advanced terms mapping its distribution. Malaria cartography has since formed evidence-base for design many national control programmes. This chapter focuses on example, demonstrating geographical descriptions. availability georeferenced data whether based prevalence or incidence indicators been used extensively extents at sub-national scales. However, routine surveillance emerging a valuable methodology tracking sub-Saharan Africa. A particular focus this use health systems describe, fine-scale, distribution malaria. can be applied cartographic description other beyond methodological aspects estimation from platforms highlighted.