Malaria Cases in Kericho, Kenya

In my IPCC AR5 chapter writing group we have been told to think of "iconic figures" we could use in the chapter. In our paper on malaria and climate change in East Africa, I think this is the iconic figure:



It just shows monthly malaria cases at the tea estate hospital in Kericho, Kenya. The increase in malaria in the 90s was linked by some researchers to climate change. But in this decade, malaria cases have collapsed at this location. In the meantime we find that there does seem to be a significant increase in temperature especially when the most recent years are included in the analysis. The figure is simple and really easy to understand.