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  • Malaria remains a significant public health concern in Sierra Leone.
  • Accurate malaria forecasting is essential for effective intervention strategies.
  • Traditional Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) models have limitations in capturing complex disease patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the forecasting performance of SARIMA and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models for malaria cases in Sierra Leone.
  • To evaluate the impact of climatic variables on malaria forecasting accuracy.
  • To determine the most effective modeling approach for malaria prediction in high-burden settings.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a baseline SARIMA model and a SARIMAX model incorporating precipitation, maximum temperature, and mean relative humidity.
  • Trained an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model using historical malaria case data.
  • Compared the forecasting accuracy of SARIMA, SARIMAX, and ANN models using Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and coefficient of determination.

Main Results:

  • The ANN model achieved the lowest Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 6.68%, outperforming both SARIMA (12.01%) and SARIMAX (11.45%) models.
  • A strong positive correlation was found between precipitation and malaria cases (r = 0.68).
  • The ANN model demonstrated superior ability in capturing complex, non-linear temporal patterns in malaria incidence.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are highly effective for malaria forecasting, even without explicit climate data inputs.
  • Machine learning approaches, like ANNs, offer significant value for enhancing malaria control strategies in high-burden regions.
  • The study highlights the potential of ANNs to improve the accuracy and timeliness of disease forecasting for public health decision-making.