Table 1 Country and sub-national data pre-loaded in Spectrum-Malaria

PfPR

2–9 years

% of children infected, as weighed median for the Admin1 population, after excluding the population living at 0.0 PfPR

MAP. The category with 0 PfPR, and its exclusion from the Admin1′s weighted median PfPR, are needed to convert burden and coverage rate between the population with > 0 PfPR in Spectrum (onto which OpenMalaria-based impact regressions are applied) and WHO official country estimates which includes populations with 0 PfPR

Case incidence

0–4, 5–14 and 15+ years

Population-weighted average rate, for population living at >0 PfPR ^a

WHO national estimates, allocated across Admin1 s, according to case incidence and population size distributions estimated by MAP for that year. 2014 rates applied in 2015

Malaria-attributable mortality

<5 and ≥5 years

Population-weighted average rate, for population living at >0 PfPR ^a

WHO national estimates for 0–4 vs 5+ years, allocated by Avenir Health to Admin1 s and the 5–14 vs 15+ years sub-age groups, according to distribution in case incidence from MAP for that year. 2014 rates applied in 2015

Seasonality index CV_MAP_EIR

N/A

Population-weighted average, for population living at >0 PfPR ^a

Swiss TPH and MAP

See Additional file 1. Time-constant

Population who slept under an ITN last night

All age total

Population-weighted average, in two variants:

1. Actual (including population living at 0 PfPR ^a ) to inform ITN distributions for costing;

2. Effective coverage (limited to population living at >0 PfPR ^a ), used for impact calculation

MAP and WHO [31, 32]

N.B. Unlike Bhatt and colleagues’ 2015 national-level estimates, the MAP and Spectrum ITN coverage data at pixel and Admin1 unit level did not assume that ‘all ITNs are distributed among households situated in malaria-endemic regions’

IRS: % of people protected

All age total

Population-weighted average, in two variants:

National (including population living at 0 PfPR ^a, for whom 0 ITN usage is assumed);

Effective coverage (limited to population living at >0 PfPR ^a )

WHO. Allocated from WHO’s national total to Admin1 s through the algorithm shown in Table 3

For 2015, calculate coverage based on the WHO-reported number of people protected in 2014

Case management coverage, uncomplicated cases

All age total

Population-weighted average, constant across all Admin1 units in a country, irrespective of PfPR

National estimate for 2015 of the proportion of fevers in children 0-4 years treated with an ACT [26], applied at 2014 and 2015 and to all age groups.

Population size

0–4 years, 5–14 years, 15+ years

Total, including people at >0 PfPR

MAP, for both total population, and population at >0 PfPR