The Geographic Accessibility to Health Services Training Workshop was held on 2-5 December 2019 in Port Vila, Vanuatu through the collaboration of the Ministry of Health of Vanuatu and the Health GeoLab Collaborative.

This training was conducted in alignment with the aim of the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Vanuatu to provide patients with equal treatment for equal medical need, irrespective of characteristics such as income, race, and place of residence. With this training, the MOH, for the first time in its history, was able to estimate the levels of physical accessibility and provide evidence on how Vanuatu could optimize its distribution of facilities, in order to achieve the goals outlined in the Vanuatu National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP).

The objectives of the workshop were to:

  • Introduce the concepts and methods behind the use of GIS to measure physical accessibility to health services
  • Introduce the participants to the use of AccessMod 5.0
  • Practice the different analyses included in AccessMod using the data for Vanuatu

We would like to thank the MOH of Vanuatu for allowing us to share these materials.

 

Training workshop agenda: Download link

 

Activity and Description Slide Presentation Exercise Data Reference Materials
Session 1: Welcome & opening, objectives of the training, round of introduction and expectation from participants Download link
Session 2: Introduction to the use of GIS-based approaches to measure physical accessibility to health services Download link
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T. Tanahashi: Health service coverage and its evaluation
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World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, Mailman School of Public Health. Averting Maternal Death and Disability & United Nations Children’s Fund: Monitoring emergency obstetric care: A handbook
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WHO: Investing the Marginal Dollar for Maternal and Newborn Health: Geographic Accessibility Analysis for Emergency Obstetric Care services in Cambodia
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Session 3: Introduction to AccessMod and examples of application Download link

AccessMod website

AccessMod YouTube channel

Compilation of works based on AccessMod

Compilation of works citing on AccessMod

Session 4: Installation of QGIS 3.4.5 and AccessMod 5.0 Download link

QGIS website

AccessMod website

Session 5: Introduction to AccessMod 5.0 modules Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 6: Data needed to run the different analysis in AccessMod 5.0 Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

 

The Six Primary Dimensions for Data Quality Assessment

Session 7: Quick reminder on QGIS Download link

QGIS website

QGIS Interface and Main functionalities

Session 8: Data for the different analysis over Vanuatu Download link Exercise data MOH Vanuatu Role Delineation Policy
Session 9: Importing the data into AccessMod 5.0, creating the merged landcover layer, checking health facilities location and correct for population on barriers Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 10: Running the physical accessibility analysis for the Health centres and Dispensaries Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 11: Exporting and looking at the results of the physical accessibility analysis Download link  

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 12: Presenting the results of the physical accessibility analysis in tables, graphs, and maps Download link Map templates
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HGLC Guidance document volume 2.6.1: Creating good thematic maps using desktop GIS software
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Session 13: Preparing the input parameters for the geographic coverage analysis Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 14: Running the geographic coverage analysis for the Health centres and Dispensaries Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 15: Exporting and looking at the results of the geographic coverage analysis Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 16: Running the referral analysis between the Health centres and the nearest Hospital Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 17: Exporting and looking at the results of the referral analysis Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 18: Preparing the input parameters for the scaling up analysis Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 19: Running the scaling up analysis for the Health centres and Dispensaries Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 20: Exporting and looking at the results of the scaling up analysis Download link

AccessMod User Guide and Tutorial:

In English

In French

Session 21: Review of the results generated through the different analysis, additional resources, Q&A Download link Results of conducted analyses

AccessMod website

AccessMod YouTube channel

AccessMod GitHub

QGIS Reference Materials

Health GeoLab Collaborative website

HGLC Workshop and Training materials

HGLC HIS Geo-enabling Course