We are an international research collaboration that tracks the global fight against malaria.
We combine innovative data and analytics, global collaboration, and local engagement to deliver insights for impactful malaria policy and control.
Find out moreWho we are
DRIVEN BY IMPACT
We believe that to defeat malaria we need to be able to measure it. We aim to combine the world’s malaria data with cutting-edge analytics so that we can generate the best possible information to help guide the fight against the disease.
Our Work
GLOBAL COLLABORATION
Since its inception in 2006, the MAP collaboration has comprised of many scientists working in groups around the world. Today, MAP has a core team based at the Kids Research Institute Australia and Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, and Ifakara Health Institute in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and has members in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia.
TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
We store the world’s largest malaria database, assembling millions of data elements and developing innovative analytical approaches to making sense of complex malaria data. We are leaders in geospatial analysis, spatiotemporal statistical methods, machine learning, and computational disease models.
Our Work
how we help the fight against malaria
Everything MAP does is geared around achieving impact. This only happens by engagement with those making the decisions that matter, including malaria policy makers, funders, and control program personnel.
mapping risk
We generate high-resolution maps of the malaria risk landscape at both global and national levels – estimating infection prevalence, incidence rates, and mortality by pixel.
We generate high-resolution maps of the malaria risk landscape at both global ...
We generate high-resolution maps of the malaria risk landscape at both global and national levels – estimating infection prevalence, incidence rates, and mortality by pixel.
ESTIMATING BURDEN
We estimate annual malaria cases and deaths in endemic countries – measuring the burden of the disease and the direction of trends towards international targets.
We estimate annual malaria cases and deaths in endemic countries – measuring ...
We estimate annual malaria cases and deaths in endemic countries – measuring the burden of the disease and the direction of trends towards international targets.
TRACKING INTERVENTIONS
We track the coverage of malaria drugs, diagnostics, and vector control to understand which populations may be less well protected.
We track the coverage of malaria drugs, diagnostics, and vector control to ...
We track the coverage of malaria drugs, diagnostics, and vector control to understand which populations may be less well protected.
PLANNING COMMODITIES
We provide tools for calculating malaria commodity needs, enabling countries to quantify the resources they need to protect their populations.
We provide tools for calculating malaria commodity needs, enabling countries to ...
We provide tools for calculating malaria commodity needs, enabling countries to quantify the resources they need to protect their populations.
Evaluating Impact
We use statistical models to infer the impact that current control measures are having on malaria transmission and burden – this can inform refinement of control strategies.
We use statistical models to infer the impact that current control measures are ...
We use statistical models to infer the impact that current control measures are having on malaria transmission and burden – this can inform refinement of control strategies.
strengthening skills
We provide training, supervision, and mentorship to build skills in malaria analytics.
We provide training, supervision, and mentorship to build skills in malaria ...
We provide training, supervision, and mentorship to build skills in malaria analytics.
THE LATEST
28 October 2024
New Malaria data warns millions at risk
Alarming new data from The Malaria Atlas Project at The Kids Research Institute Australia on malaria paints a worrying picture of the global malaria crisis.
11 September 2024
Congratulations to MAP Dar es Salaam Technical Lead, Dr Punam Amratia who has been awarded the esteemed Alan Magill 2024 Fellowship. 
24 May 2024
Malaria Atlas Project at Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM society) 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference
29 April 2024
MAP Showcases Innovations at MIM Conference & AMMnet Meeting in Kigali
THE LATEST
17 October 2022
Map at ASTMH
MAP members recently attended this year’s annual meeting at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in November and delivered a free spatial analysis workshop
13 December 2022
World Malaria Report 2022
WHO has released its annual World Malaria Report for 2022, which contains updated burden estimates that quantify progress in the global fight against malaria.
20 December 2022
Seasons Greetings
With the year coming to a close, on behalf of the team at MAP, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!