Mapping the risks of Plasmodium falciparum infections in areas of low transmission intensity

Abdisalan is based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. His broad areas of research include access to healthcare, mapping of malaria transmission, populations at risk, and the coverage and impact of malaria control interventions in Africa, specifically Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti. His Fellowship focuses on developing methods for mapping the risks of Plasmodium falciparum infections in areas of low transmission intensity in Africa.

This grant was awarded under the scheme's previous name of Intermediate Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine.