This training workshop was made possible through the collaboration of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Health GeoLab Collaborative (HGLC), Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM), Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), and Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN).
The objectives of the training workshop were to strengthen Malaria programs’ technical skills and practices to manage and use geospatial data and technologies. More specifically, it 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 and GeoODK) to collect data and produce thematic maps
- Guide National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs) towards geo-enabling their information system to support Malaria elimination
We would like to acknowledge all the collaborators for allowing us to share these training materials.
Training workshop agenda: Download link
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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 presentation on current use of geospatial data and technologies for Malaria Elimination and/or other communicable diseases in each country based on the HIS geo-enabling assessment form |
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Session 2: The geographic dimension of communicable disease surveillance |
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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: Preparation of the equipment and questionnaire that will be used during the second day |
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Exercise 1: Using an Android phone and GPS essentials to collect geographic coordinates in the field |
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Exercise 2: Use GeoODK to conduct a geo-located survey in the field |
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Session 8: Preparing the data for its use in a GIS software |
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Exercise 3: Preparing the statistical data for its use in a GIS software |
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Session 9: Installing QGIS 3.4 |
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Session 10: Introduction to QGIS (interface, main functionalities) |
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Exercise 4: Preparing the geospatial data for its use in QGIS |
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Exercise 5: Creating individual thematic maps using QGIS and presentation of the thematic maps that have been created |
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Session 11: How to geo-enable your Malaria Information System? |
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Session 12: Guided discussion on the implementation of the HIS geo-enabling framework in countries |
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Session 13: Way forward for country programs |
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Session 14: Other important points and additional resources |
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