Country profile · MWI
Malawi
In Malawi, 4 of the 7 principal vector species are recorded present, with an estimated 6,378,088 malaria cases (WHO, 2024).
4 / 7
vector species recorded
6.4M
est. malaria cases / yr
21
research works (author affiliation)
Yes
one Aedes (within band)
Country facts
Dimension data reconciled to ISO-3166. Population and classifications from the World Bank.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- Low income
- Population
- 22,216,120
- ISO codes
- MWI · MW
Vector presence
GBIF occurrence records for the 7 principal vectors. A count is records, not abundance.
4 of 7 recorded
Aedes aegyptiAedes albopictusAnopheles gambiaeAnopheles funestusAnopheles stephensiCulex pipiensCulex quinquefasciatus
Read this honestly
GBIF is presence-only and effort-biased. A 0 / no record means no occurrence has been digitised for Malawi, not that the species is absent, under-surveyed countries look emptier than they are. Country-level presence is the reliable layer.
Disease burden
WHO Global Health Observatory, latest available reporting year per country.
Malaria
7,501 deaths · 294.5 per 1,000 at risk
6,378,088
WHO 2024
Yellow fever
reported cases
0
reported 2018
Japanese encephalitis
reported cases
0
reported 2018
Null is not zero
No data means the indicator is not reported or the disease is not endemic, it is never shown as 0. A real reported 0 is kept as 0. WHO GHO carries no global dengue dataset, Aedes-borne risk is proxied by competent-vector presence above, not case counts.
Risk classification
A Mosticare-derived first filter, competent-vector presence within the climatic band.
- Class
- one Aedes (within band)
- Vector richness
- 4 of 7
- Aedes present
- Yes
- Malaria endemic
- Yes
What this is not
The class combines vector presence with a coarse |latitude| ≤ 45 climatic envelope. It is a first filter for transmission plausibility, not a calibrated environmental-suitability model. Do not read it as measured risk.
Interventions in play
Engineered-intervention research targeting the vectors recorded in Malawi. Global research activity, not trials on this country’s soil.
Gene drive 46 · GM release 33 · SIT / IIT 20 · Wolbachia 7
106
works
Gene drive 12 · GM release 3 · SIT / IIT 2
17
works
Wolbachia 161 · SIT / IIT 144 · GM release 128 · Gene drive 85
518
works
SIT / IIT 20 · Wolbachia 16 · Gene drive 14 · GM release 13
63
works