Useful sources about 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.

A UNICEF databank, supported by World Health Organisation data, on child immunisation per country. The quality of the data depends on in-country reporting and monitoring.

A 2015 World Health Organisation research report on the implementation of vaccination research in sub-Saharan Africa. It comprises descriptions of vaccination data collections, research methodologies, data use and implementation.

This geospatial database by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) maps Southern African land use.

A Migration Policy Institute (MPI) resource that includes maps and data on refugees' and asylum seekers’ places of origin, current residence as well as annual asylum applications by country of destination.

The UNHCR refugee agency's Population Statistics Database provides data, up to 2014, on global populations of concern, as defined by the UN, such as refugees and asylum seekers. Interactive country data is visualised in map format.

Refugee agency UNHCR Africa's website provides news and other resources on emergency zones across the continent. A country filter allows users to search refugee information by African country, including policy documents and statistics from Refworld, a UNHCR documentation initiative.

A World Bank affiliated project, the Africa Power Mining database shows existing and planned mines across the continent by mineral, ore grade and project size. It synthesises existing data from annual reports, mining news sites, the US Geological Survey and others.