Package 'choleramalawi'

Title: Tracks the progress of Cholera epidemic in Malawi (2022-23)
Description: A dataset that tracks the progress of the cholera epidemic in each district of Malawi in 2022-23.
Authors: Yash Dubey [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2849-970X>), Lars Schöbitz [cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-5015>)
Maintainer: Lars Schöbitz <[email protected]>
License: CC BY 4.0
Version: 1.0.1
Built: 2026-09-24 05:14:47 UTC
Source: https://github.com/openwashdata/choleramalawi

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Title: Cholera Epidemic in Malawi

Description

Description: Course of the cholera epidemic in Malawi. The data is resolved at a weekly level and contains information on the number of cases and deaths recorded in each district.

Usage

choleramalawi

Format

A data frame with 1886 rows and 8 variables

epi_week

Epidemiological week of the calendar year (1 to 52)

week_start

Week number counted from the first week in the data (week 1 starts on 2022-02-28)

week

Start date (Monday) of the week

cases

No. of recorded cases

deaths

No. of recorded deaths

c_cases

Cumulative cases since the start of the epidemic

c_deaths

Cumulative deaths since the start of the epidemic

district

District of Malawi for which the record is collected