Mal82.e00 is an ARC/INFO interchange file. The file can only be used with Geographic Information System (GIS) software, such as ARC/INFO, the file's native format, or another GIS software package.

Mal82.e00 was digitized from a paper map. The source of which is: WHO. 1984. "The World Malaria Situation, 1982: Malaria Action Programme." WHO World Health Statistics Quarterly. Geneva. Vol. 37, No. 2.

This GIS data was created as part of The Center for International Development’s ongoing research into the role of geography in economic development (see www.cid.harvard.edu/economic.htm). It was created between 1998 and 1999. Please reference CID if you use this data in a publication.