Document – Health GeoLab Collaborative

Myanmar DoPH MOHS – Guidelines for the Geo-Enabling of the Health Information System (HIS)

This document contains the guidelines followed by the Department of Public Health – Ministry of Health and Sports (DoPH – MOHS) of Myanmar in the geo-enablement of their Health Information System (HIS).

UN- GGIM: Future trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision (Third Edition)

The third edition of the Future Trends report from the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) analyzes the top global geospatial drivers and trends that are predicted to have the greatest impact on geospatial information management over the next five to ten years including those that could impact the health…

Improving Immunisation Coverage and Equity through the Effective Use of Geospatial Technologies: A Landscape Analysis and Theory of Change

A document describing the potential for geospatial data and technologies to impact immunisation programming through eight use cases that demonstrate how the visualisation of geospatial data, spatial analysis and geostatistical modeling can help service delivery teams identify zero-dose children (children who have never been immunised) and improve service delivery to achieve equity in vaccine coverage….

Improving Immunization Coverage and Reducing Inequities: Use of GIS in Immunization Programs

Final report on the Improving Immunization Coverage and Reducing Inequities: Use of GIS in Immunization Programs technical meeting held at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York City on 25-26 October 2016 discussing the impacts of using GIS in increasing overall immunization coverage and reducing inequities. Original URL.

Starter kit – ArcGIS Solution Coronavirus Case Dashboard

Starter kit guiding new users on how to operationalize the Coronavirus Case Dashboard included in the ArcGIS Solution for Coronavirus Response as a way to show the COVID-19 situation in their community.

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.

ArcGIS Enterprise GIS Training Plan for Staff of Ministries of Health

This document is a tool for Ministries of Health (MOHs) to use to help determine the staff training that will best meet their needs. It provides training recommendations that can assist an organization in optimizing functional management, operation, and maintenance of the ArcGIS platform.

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….

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…

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