Useful sources about Africa

The website of global policy and research organisation Human Rights Watch details human rights abuses in Africa in the form of research reports, videos and maps.

A 2011 World Bank reports that includes aggregated data and trends for public spending on water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa.

A combined databank from the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the World Bank on child malnutrition across the world.

World Bank data on government healthcare expenditure by country.

In 2017, the WHO launched the Global Dementia Observatory (GDO) to track progress on the provision of services to people with dementia.

World Health Organisation data on mortality rates of children under five, per 1,000 live births.

The World Health Organisation mortality database compiles mortality data by age, sex and cause of death, drawn from member states' national records.

The Global Health Observatory includes data on noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.

The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, a research institute focused on global health statistics, provides estimates of malaria deaths in Africa.