Malaria is an infection transmitted by one particular kind of mosquito. There is no vaccination shot that protects against malaria. Protection involves measures to minimise the amount of mosquito bites to which you are exposed plus the taking of protection tablets, designed to stop you developing the disease.

Country-specific malaria risk information is available by clicking the 'Country list' link on this World Health Organisation webpage: http://www.who.int/ith/en/ and then scrolling down to the relevant country.

The following malaria distribution map is used courtesy of the Malaria Atlas Project.

No or minimal malaria risk = white, light grey and dark grey areas. Malaria risk = pink, red and black areas. Darker colours = most intense risk.