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Addressing geographic access barriers to emergency care services: a national ecologic study of hospitals in Brazil

This study aims to analyze the geographic access barriers to emergency care services in Brazil as unequal distribution of emergency care services is a critical barrier to be overcome to assure access to emergency and surgical care. Original URL

Impact of geographic accessibility on utilization of the annual health check-ups by income level in Japan: A multilevel analysis

This study aims to reveal whether an income-dependent difference in the impact of geographic accessibility on the utilization of government-led annual health check-ups exists. This is because although both geographic accessibility and socioeconomic status have been indicated as being important factors for the utilization of health care services, their combined effect has not been evaluated.…

Common Geo-registry Assessment Tool (Version 3)

The 3rd version of the assessment tool developed based on the requirements listed in the Guidance on the establishment of a common geo-registry for the simultaneous hosting, maintenance, update, and sharing of master lists, geographic relationships, and associated data/information for the geographic objects core to public health. (The Guidance is accessible from: https://healthgeolab.net/DOCUMENTS/Guidance_Common_Geo-registry_Ve2.pdf)

State of the Pacific’s RMNCAH Workforce Report 2019

This report looks into the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) of 15 countries in the Pacific Region particularly the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of RMNCAH to determine if the health system and its workforce are providing effective coverage. To determine the geographical accessibility of the RMNCAH workforce, an accessibility analysis was…

Best Practices in Innovations in Microplanning for Polio Eradication

Document presenting the best practices particularly in using GIS to improve the quality of microplans aiming toward polio eradication. Original URL

Using geospatial data and analytics to guide reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health programs: Journal Supplement 5

A set of documents from the BMJ Global Health Journals on the different uses of geospatial data and analytics in public health.

Guidance for the management and use of geospatial data and technologies in health: Part 2 – Implementing the geospatial data management cycle: 2.5 Cleaning, validating, and documenting the data – 2.5.2 Using advanced Microsoft Excel functions

Guidance describing the operations needed to check, clean, or validate compiled and/or collected data and how these operations can be performed using the advanced functions in Microsoft Excel.

Upstream watershed condition predicts rural children’s health across 35 developing countries

This University of Vermont-led study is the first to calculate how watershed forests improve the health of children around the world. The study focuses on diarrheal disease due to contaminated water as it is a major cause of child mortality globally. Original URL.

Starter kit – Migration to ArcGIS Pro

Starter kit helping prepare experienced ArcMap users to be productive right away in using ArcGIS Pro by providing users with essential ArcGIS Pro terminology and getting them familiar with the ribbon-based user interface. This document highlights key differences between ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro in mapping, editing, and geoprocessing workflows and demonstrates new and streamlined capabilities…

WHO Malaria Threats Map

This interactive map presents data on the status of malaria vector resistance, P. falciparum gene deletions, and antimalarial efficacy and resistance.

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