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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…

Spatiotemporal epidemiology, environmental correlates, and demography of malaria in Tak Province, Thailand (2012–2015)

The paper looked into the patterns of malaria incidence and possible drivers of transmission over space and time in Tak Province from 2012-2015. Original URL

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.

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.

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.

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