Health · 54 countries
Malaria risk in Africa.
A quick overview to plan your clinic visit. Risk depends on region, altitude and season, so a travel clinic should check your exact route.
Most of the country (35)
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
Some regions (10)
Little or no risk (9)
Cabo Verde and Algeria are certified malaria-free by the WHO.
Before you go
- See a travel clinic 6 to 8 weeks before departure. Some antimalarials start a week or more before travel.
- Use repellent with DEET or picaridin and sleep under a treated net where lodges provide one.
- A fever up to a year after your trip needs a malaria test. Tell the doctor where you travelled.