Useful sources about 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.

Data on HIV/Aids prevalence in Africa by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.

African country data by the Population Reference Bureau on the percentage of married women aged 15 to 49 who use contraception.