2017 – Health GeoLab Hub

Using Patient Pathway Analysis to Design Patient-centered Referral Networks for Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis: The Case of the Philippines

This paper looks into how using the patient pathway analysis have “identified opportunities for strengthening access to care for all forms of tuberculosis and for accelerating the time to diagnosis by aligning services to where patients initiate care” and that “geographic variations in care seeking may guide prioritization of some regions for intensified engagement with…

Visualizing the Geography of the Diseases of China: Western Disease Maps from Analytical Tools to Tools of Empire, Sovereignty, and Public Health Propaganda, 1878–1929

A journal article analyzing “for the first time the earliest western maps of diseases in China spanning fifty years from the late 1870s to the end of the 1920s.” These maps shows a visual history of how modern medicine transformed from medical geography to laboratory medicine on Chinese soil.

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).

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.

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.…

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.

WHO Malaria Threats Map

This interactive map presents data on the status of malaria vector resistance, P. falciparum gene deletions, and antimalarial efficacy and resistance.

Health information system strengthening and malaria elimination in Papua New Guinea

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

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.

Year: 2017