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Health GeoLab Collaborative LinkedIn Group

This is a LinkedIn Group where institutions and individuals sharing the same vision – geo-enabling the Health Information System (HIS) to reach the health related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 in Asia and the Pacific can connect with each other and share information and news contributing to reaching SDG3.

Application of GIS technology in public health: successes and challenges

This paper summarizes the common uses of GIS technology in the public health sector, emphasizing applications related to mapping and understanding of parasitic diseases. It also presents some of the success stories, and discuss the challenges that still prevent a full scope application of GIS technology in the public health context. Original URL

Fight Child Poverty with Demographic Analysis

More children live in poverty in Detroit, Michigan, than in any other city in the United States. In this exercise from Esri, you will assume the role of a worker for a charity that wants to direct its funding toward resources to help at-risk kids in Detroit. Your objective is to ensure the programs are…

Investigate Prescribed Drugs

In this exercise from Esri, you’ll assume the role of a Health and Human Services analyst investigating lidocaine prescriptions involving two different doctors: one in Washington State and one in Florida. Your goal, as part of a first look at their prescription histories, is to determine whether enough information exists to justify a formal investigation…

2017 Health and Human Services GIS Conference Proceedings

The 2017 Esri Health and Human Services GIS Conference proceedings are a collection of conference presentations illustrating powerful solutions for improving human health across the globe. The conference was held October 17-19, 2017 at the Esri Headquarters in Redlands, CA. Esri users made a fundamental contribution to the conference by submitting and delivering presentations.

Malaria surveillance, monitoring & evaluation: a reference manual

This new version of the reference manual contains many reference to the use of geospatial data and technologies to support malaria surviellance, monitoring and evaluation. This includes the mapping of foci and an annex on geographical reconnaissance during focus investigation. Original URL

HIS Geo-Enabling Toolkit

The purpose of this Health GeoLab Collaborative toolkit is to support the geo-enablement of the in-country Health Information System for the health sector to fully benefit from the power of geography, geospatial data and technologies.

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 – 2.5.1 Documenting the data using a metadata profile

Guidance describing the concept of metadata and providing a template for the documentation of geospatial and statistical data using respectively a GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS) and MS Excel.

Guidance for the management and use of geospatial data and technologies in health: Part 2 – Implementing the geospatial data management cycle: 2.3 Compiling existing data and identifying gaps

Guidance describing the process to be followed in order to compile existing data and identify gaps

The Signature Domain and Geographic Coordinates: A Standardized Approach for Uniquely Identifying a Health Facility

A list of standardized indicators for health facility surveys is proposed by the Health Facility Assessment Technical Working Group, composed of members from several organizations and led by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s MEASURE Evaluation project. The adoption and use of these standard indicators would make cross-survey comparisons possible and promote the increased use…

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