A bit of History |
The history of the Health GeoLab Hub started with the establishment of the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) GIS Lab in June 2016 thanks to the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), WHO, UNICEF, and Esri. The thinking and processes that led to the establishment of the AeHIN GIS Lab are described in the following ADB brief: The Geography of Universal Health Coverage.
The establishment of the Health GeoLab Collaborative in December 2017 was the cost-effective solution to expand the support beyond Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. By becoming a collaborative, the Health GeoLab aimed to bring together a larger set of institutions and individuals sharing a common vision and ready to engage their respective skills, experience, and resources in the implementation of the HIS geo-enabling framework. The following two ADB briefs provide more information about this transition: Building capacity for geo-enabling health information systems: supporting equitable health services and well-being for all. After 6 years of operation, the opportunity to consolidate and institutionalize the expertise, experience, and knowledge built by MORU and the Health GeoLab Collaborative over the past decades presented itself and led to the formal launch of the Health GeoLab Hub in March 2023. The Hub continues to serve as a capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing hub in the Region and contributes to further filling the gap between sustainable development and research. |
The Health GeoLab Hub is led by Prof Richard Maude, head of the Epidemiology Department at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok.
Dr Steeve Ebener is the coordinator of the Health GeoLab Hub. The team is currently completed by the following staff (by alphabetical order):
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Our Team |
The Health GeoLab’s vision is for low- and middle- income countries in Asia and the Pacific fully benefit from the power of geography, geospatial data, and technologies to reach the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030.
To reach this vision, the Health GeoLab Hub focuses its activities on the following three main areas of work:
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What we do |
How we work |
The Health GeoLab implements projects and conducts activities aligned with the HIS geo-enabling framework. This framework is composed of nine (9) elements that need to be in place for a Health Information System (HIS) to be considered as geo-enabled. For more information.
The approach followed by the Health GeoLab Hub when implementing projects or conducting activities consists of:
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The Health Geolab Hub is concentrating its efforts on 32 low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific.
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Where we work |