GIS for Health and the Environment
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"The research presented in this book demonstrates how GIS (Geographic Information System) data is being used to show cause effect relationships between environmental conditions and health. Case studies demonstrate how GIS can be used to monitor tropical diseases, water quality, environmental toxicology, and overall rural health. The book also demonstrates how GIS can provide health researchers, planners, program managers, and policymakers with novel information about the distribution and interaction of disease risk factors, patterns of morbidity and mortality, and the allocation of health resources."
"In the developing world, GIS has been used for many years in the agricultural, natural resource, urban and regional planning, and tourism sectors. The health sector, however, has only recently begun to use this powerful tool. GIS for Health and the Environment collects and records some of the first attempts to identify and explore opportunities to apply GIS for health in developing countries."
Contents
Foreword - Don de Savigny, Luc Loslier, and Jim Chauvin
Preface - Don de Savigny, Lori Jones-Arsenault, and Pandu Wijeyaratne
Context
"The research presented in this book demonstrates how GIS (Geographic Information System) data is being used to show cause effect relationships between environmental conditions and health. Case studies demonstrate how GIS can be used to monitor tropical diseases, water quality, environmental toxicology, and overall rural health. The book also demonstrates how GIS can provide health researchers, planners, program managers, and policymakers with novel information about the distribution and interaction of disease risk factors, patterns of morbidity and mortality, and the allocation of health resources."
"In the developing world, GIS has been used for many years in the agricultural, natural resource, urban and regional planning, and tourism sectors. The health sector, however, has only recently begun to use this powerful tool. GIS for Health and the Environment collects and records some of the first attempts to identify and explore opportunities to apply GIS for health in developing countries."
Contents
Foreword - Don de Savigny, Luc Loslier, and Jim Chauvin
Preface - Don de Savigny, Lori Jones-Arsenault, and Pandu Wijeyaratne
Context
- The present state of GIS and future trends - Steven Reader
- GIS from a health perspective - Luc Loslier
- Spatial and temporal analysis of epidemiological data - Flavio Fonseca Nobre and Marilia Sa Carvalho
- Towards a rural information system - David le Sueur, Sipho Ngxongo, Maria Stuttaford, Brian Sharp, Rajendra Maharaj, Carrin Martin, and Dawn Brown
- A GIS approach to the determination of catchment populations around Local Health Facilities in Developing Countries - H.M. Oranga
- GIS management tools for the control of tropical diseases: applications in Botswana, Senegal, and Morocco - Isabelle Nuttall, D.W. Rumisha, T.R.K. Pilatwe, H.I. Ali, S.S. Mokgweetsinyana, A.H. Sylla, and I. Talla
- The use of low-cost remote sensing and GIS for identifying and monitoring the environmental factors associated with vector-borne disease transmission - S.J. Connor, M.C. Thompson, S. Flasse, and J.B. Williams
- GIS for the study and control of malaria - Gustavo Bretas
- Spatial analysis of malaria risk in an endemic region of Sri Lanka - D.M. Gunawardena, Lal Muthuwattac, S. Weerasingha, J. Rajakaruna, Wasantha Udaya Kumara, Tilak Senanayaka, P. Kumar Kotta, A.R. Wickremasinghe, Richard Carter, and Kamini N. Mendis
- Diagnostic features of malaria transmission in Nadiad using remote sensing and GIS - M.S. Malhotra and Aruna Srivastava
- Monitoring zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with GIS - L. Mbarki, A. Ben Salah, S. Chlif, M.K. Chahed, A. Balma, N. Chemam, A. Garraoui, and R. Ben-Ismail
- Use of RAISON for rural drinking water sources management - C.W. Wang
- Interests, problems, and needs of GIS users in health: results of a small survey - Luc Loslier
- GIS, health, and epidemiology: an annotated resource guide - Steven Reader
- Workshop agenda
- Workshop participants
Languages
English, French.
Number of Pages
172