Specifications/standards/protocols

Guidance on operational microplanning for COVID-19 vaccination

This document provides operational guidance and information to support planners and immunization programme managers at the national and sub-national levels on microplanning for COVID-19 vaccination implementation. This publication is a companion document to the National Deployment and Vaccination Plans guidance, which provides a framework for countries to develop their national strategies.

Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines (2nd version)

This document published by WHO and UNICEF is a global guidance providing the framework for countries on how to develop their national deployment and vaccination plans (NDVPs). This guidance includes the use of geospatial data and digital micro plans for equitable access and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine.

Microplanning for Immunization Service Delivery Using the Reaching Every District (RED) Strategy

This document is a guide on how to produce microplans for immunization service delivery using the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy. The guide uses a ‘bottom-up’ approach: it starts with health facility (service delivery) microplans which will then be put together to make the district microplan.

Guidance for the management and use of geospatial data and technologies in health: Part 2.4 Creating geospatial data: 2.4.1 Extracting vector format geospatial data from basemaps

Guidance describing the steps in extracting vector format geospatial data from basemaps

HIS Geo-enabling Glossary

This glossary contains terms that are used frequently in Health GeoLab Collaborative (HGLC) documents, not defined in online GIS dictionaries, or for which the HGLC uses a slightly different definition. It is being maintained by the HGLC to complement those that can be found in online GIS dictionaries.

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.

DOH GIS/GPS Guidelines and Standards

This document contains the guidelines and standards followed by the Department of Health of the Philippines for the management and use of geospatial data and technologies. This helps ensure the quality and accuracy of geospatial data collected and used for the health sector in the country.

HIS geo-enabling – Geospatial data management guideline (MOHS, Myanmar)

This document has been developed to guide the Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar on the standards, practices and protocols to be implemented as part of the geospatial data management cycle and this to ensure for the availability, quality and accessibility of geospatial data for the health sector in the country.

GIS for UHC Glossary of Terms

A glossary of key terms linked to the use of GIS in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) context. This is a living document; Additions, corrections and suggestions to increase and improve are very much welcome.

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.

Framework element: Specifications/standards/protocols