From: Mapping the stability of malaria hotspots in Bangladesh from 2013 to 2016
Southeast area (SeA) | Northeast area (NeA) | |
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Area | 19,901 km2 | 23,153 km2 |
Borders | North: India (Tripura) East: India (Mizoram), Myanmar (Chin) South: Myanmar (Rakhine) West: Bay of Bengal | North: India (Meghalaya) East: India (Assam) South: India (Tripura), central Bangladesh West: Central/West Bangladesh |
Number of districts | 5 | 8 |
Number of upazilas (number of malaria-endemic upazilas) | 47 (44) | 71 (27) |
Number of unions with at least one reported case of malaria between 2013 and 2016 (% of total unions in the area) | 259 (50.3%) | 153 (19.9%) |
Population at risk of malaria within these unions (% of total population in the area) | 5,531,321 (48.6%) | 4,274,924 (20.9%) |
Median union population at risk of malaria (IQR) | 18,009 (17,341) | 27,178 (11,630) |
Malaria ecotypes | Forested hills and forest fringes, two major urban centres (Chittagong city and Cox’s Bazaar) | Forest fringes and plains, two major urban centres (Sylhet and Mymensingh) |