Uncovering Spatially Heterogeneous Predictors of Reported Malaria Cases in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Triangulated Framework Integrating Correlation Analysis, Random Forest, and Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression.
INTRODUCTION Malaria remains a major cause of illness and death in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, WHO reported more than 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths globally. Ghana records a substantial malaria burden, and the Ashanti Region is among the regions contributing a large share of reported cases. Despite successive i...