A set of documents from the BMJ Global Health Journals on the different uses of geospatial data and analytics in public health.
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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.
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A case study on how the ENSURE project demonstrated the utility of tablet-based approaches to collect spatial information on patients attending and other easy access group surveys to provide a better understanding of the distribution of disease.
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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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This article shows field of medical geographic information systems (Medical GIS) has become extremely useful in understanding the bigger picture of public health. Original URL
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Informed decision-making leads to the development of effective public health policy based on evidence. This article shows why geography is important for public health policy. Original URL
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The study demonstrates that using mobile technologies and GIS in the capture and reporting of NHIS data in Papua New Guinea provides timely, high quality, geo-coded, case-based malaria data required for malaria elimination. Original URL
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This study shows how GIS is an ideal tool for planning, organizational issues of health service. This study was carried out to introduce the general position of the Gangtok area through the Health Information and Medical preparedness using GIS study. Original URL
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This study assessed the current level of map usage and spatial tools for health sector planning in Bangladesh, focusing on investigating why map usage and spatial tools remained at a basic level for the purpose of health policy. Original URL
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This paper is about the study carried out to apply GIS technology for rapid epidemiological mapping and health-care management of filariasis in India. GIS has essentially become important role in epidemiological mapping, disease monitoring, and health information management in India. This study aimed on the application of GIS for rapid epidemiological mapping of disease occurrences,…
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