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. 2021 Jun 25;11:13355. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92924-3

Table 4.

Annual number of malaria cases attributable to small and large dams in Volta, Limpopo, Zambezi and Omo-Turkana Basins in Africa.

Annual number of malaria cases attributable to dams
2000 2005 2010 2015
Small dams Large dams Small dams Large dams Small dams Large dams Small dams Large dams
Volta
Stable 818,535 92,400 678,535 105,571 1,000,658 141,235 83,352 224,187
Unstable
Limpopo
Stable 140,914 17,332 129,699 16,597 117,861 10,356 60,668 13,793
Unstable 12,275 9089 13,344 10,680 7608 6915 9248 11,039
Zambezi
Stable 446,108 1348 209,392 4285 226,143 6708 242,372 5793
Unstable 124,453 4187 164,862 6613 127,273 12,712 195,498 18,706
Omo-Turkana
Stable 1899 1594 1137
Unstable 5846 39,807 8846 42,878 13,621 30,334 5270 56,033
TOTAL 1,550,030 165,757 1,204,678 187,761 1,493,164 208,260 596,408 329,551