6.19 RATES OF INFECTION BY MALARIA

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Incidence of malaria detected at government health facilities each year between 1995 and 1999

 

Chapter:

6 People, Services and Infrastructure

 

 

File name:

Rates of infection by malaria

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

malaria

 

 

health

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Analysis of data in the Ministry of Health and Social Services Health Information System. The number of new cases of

 

compilation:

malaria amongst outpatients was compared to the estimated population served by each health facility and an

 

 

interpolation run on these ratios. See El Obeid, S., Mendelsohn. J.M., Lejars, M., Forster, N. & Brulé, G. 2001. Health in

 

 

Namibia: Progress and challenges. RAISON, Windhoek.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Interpolated and very generalised

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

RANGE

Number of malaria cases per 1000 people per year calculated from

 

 

the total number of inpatient cases between 1995 and 1999.

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Ministry of Health and Social Services

 

 

Online/Offline Address:

Ministry of Health and Social Services

 

 

Harvey street

 

 

Private Bag 13198

 

 

Windhoek

 

 

Tel: 2039111

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted