The Introduction to the Management and Use of Geospatial Data and Technologies for Malaria Programs training is a 4-part APMEN online training series held between the 17th-26th October 2022. The training was a collaboration between the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) and Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) and its Health GeoLab Group. The video recordings of the sessions are available upon request.
The objectives of the training workshop were to strengthen National Malaria Programs’ technical skills and practices to manage and use geospatial data and technologies. More specifically, the training aimed to:
- Clarify the concepts and the process behind the making of a good thematic map including use of data from other sources
- Train participants on the use of open-source software (QGIS) to produce thematic maps
- Guide NMCPs towards geo-enabling their information system to support Malaria elimination
We would like to thank APMEN for allowing us to share these materials.
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Welcome & Opening, objectives of the training, round of introduction, and expectation from the participants, agenda |
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Session 1: Country introduction and presentation on current use of geospatial data and technologies for malaria elimination and/or other communicable diseases in each country |
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Session 2: The geographic dimension of malaria surveillance and response |
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Session 3: Understanding the values of a good thematic map |
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Session 4: The process behind making a good thematic map – introduction |
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Session 5: Making a good thematic map – Compiling good geospatial data |
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Session 6: Making a good thematic map – Extracting or collecting geospatial data |
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Session 7: Preparing the data for use in GIS software |
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Exercise 1: Preparing the statistical data for its use in GIS software |
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Session 8: Introduction to GIS and QGIS (interface, main functionalities) |
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Exercise 2:Preparing the geospatial data for its use in QGIS |
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Exercise 3: Creating individual thematic maps using QGIS |
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Exercise 4: Preparation of the thematic map for the training certificate |
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Session 9: How to geo-enable your Malaria Information System? |
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Session 10: Guided discussion on the implementation of the HIS geo-enabling framework in countries |
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