Dornestlc Unsealed Water Sources and Malaria Incidence: A Case Study from Chennai, South lndia

Thomas Sevler (1) , Patrick Sakdapolrak (2) , Sanjeevi Prasad (1) , Danraj B.

1 IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry
2 Universität Bonn = University of Bonn

Malaria is a great pubtic health challenge not only for rural but also for urban areas in tndia, Based on a case-contrcl study in the megacity of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the paper focuses on domestic unsealed water sources as a risk factor for malaria infectian " The paper comes to the conclusion that the risk of getting malaria is t 3 times higher for people living in a building with an unsealed sump than for people living in a building with a sealed sump ar no sump at all. Furthermore the paper highlights the potentials of using Ceographic lnformation Systems (ClS) to understand and control malaria.

Mots clés: Malaria; Chennai; water sources

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Thomas Sevler, Patrick Sakdapolrak, Sanjeevi Prasad, Danraj B.. Dornestlc Unsealed Water Sources and Malaria Incidence: A Case Study from Chennai, South lndia. The lndian Ceographical Journal, 2008, 82 (2), pp.117-126. ⟨hal-03252739⟩