scholarly journals Geographic Information System as a health improvement tool: a resettlement camp in Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Pinto de Oliveira ◽  
F Kapasula ◽  
F Correia
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
And Control

Abstract Cyclone Idai have devastated and displaced an estimated 1.85 million individuals across Mozambique. Around 90,000 cyclone survivors have been relocated to 66 resettlement camps. Doctors of the World Portuguese Delegation team is supporting the Sanitary Post of a resettlement camp, located in a remote rural area with limited resources. The first intervention was to build an epidemiological surveillance system in order to prevent and control communicable and non-communicable diseases and to improve access to health care. The health status in the resettlement camp using conventional and geographic information system techniques were attempted as a community-based census-type cross-sectional study. Location of tents, water holes and latrines were mapped. There were 2,170 people living in the 402 households interviewed. The reported age range of population was 1 day to 99 years, with a mean 19.3 years and a median of 15 years. Among residents, 4% (n = 90) reported a non-communicable disease: hypertension (75.5%), respiratory disease (22.2%), and a range of conditions (2.3%). The prevalence of mental and physical disabilities was 1.8% (n = 39). Regarding individual behavioral risk factors, 6.7% and 5.6% of the residents over 15 years, were currently using tobacco and alcohol, respectively. The distance from any household to the nearest waterpoint is less than 500 meters and almost all households (98.5%) distance more than 50 meters from the nearest toilet, as the standard recommended. The average number of people in the camp are in the standard recommended of 20 people per toilet facility with a ratio 15.8 person per latrine. Geographic information system technology was helpful for the improvement of strategies on surveillance, prevention and control regarding communicable and non-communicable diseases, in the resettlement camp. Also made it possible to set up a home health care system, promoting access to health care for the disabled residents. Key messages Geographic information systems proved to be very useful in the implementation and organization of the epidemic surveillance system of resettlement camp. The epidemic surveillance system allowed us to implement a home care system for patients with disabilities, to respond to acute illnesses and chronic diseases agudizations, and to identify outbreaks.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES IN THE LOCATIONAL PLANNING OF HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN MINNA, NIGERIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun Olubadewo-Joshua ◽  
Kenneth Michael Ugom
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Health Care Planning ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Health Care Centers

Access to health care is an important component of an overall health system and a major indicator of growth. Health care planning and Geographic Information System (GIS) are two relevant fields that depend upon spatial data. GIS plays an essential role in helping public health organizations to understand population health and make decisions with the powerful tools and situation that GIS technology provides. The purpose of the study to investigated the spatial distribution of health care centers in Minna, Nigeria with a view to use Geographic Information System (GIS) technique in health care management and planning. The method is a qualitative research that is used in making decisions in order to have a strong understanding of government policies and programs.  Beyond the many uses of a GIS in health applications, the greatest power of a GIS lies in its ability to integrate information from disparate sources. Traffic disturbances and poor road network were observed to be the major factors militating against effective health care facilities location in the study area.   Keywords: Geographic Information Systems, Healthcare, Planning, Remote Sensing, Research   © 2018 Department of Geography Education, University of Jember      

scholarly journals Geographic Information System enabled dengue surveillance system in south zone, Bangalore city: A pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Naveen Ramesh ◽  
Venkatesh Thimmaiah ◽  
Shivkumar Mallaiah ◽  
Anasuya Kandaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Entomological Surveillance ◽  
Bangalore City ◽  
South Zone ◽  
Entomological Data

Introduction: The Public Health Information and Epidemiological Cell (PHIEC) of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) utilizes the Geographic Information System (GIS) enabled integrated surveillance for collection, integration, analysis and reporting of geo-referenced epidemiological diseases in Bangalore city. Dengue fever is an emerging disease and there are minimum studies conducted in India about the GIS enabled dengue surveillance system. Objective: To assess the relationship between dengue cases and vector indices as depicted in the GIS map. Methodology: Data regarding dengue confirmed cases was obtained from PHIEC and entomological surveillance data from Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) for May to July 2017 in south zone of Bangalore city and active data collection was done for August and September 2017. Results: There was significant association between the number of dengue cases and the Breteau index in the month of September. However, there was no association between vector indices and the number of cases during the month of October. In some wards, contrary findings were noted between dengue vector indices and number of cases reported. Conclusion: There was a relationship between reported dengue cases and vector indices and there is a need for incorporation of entomological data into GIS system along with epidemiological and intervention data. Involvement of more private and government health care providers may help answer the gap between entomological data and number of dengue cases.

scholarly journals Access to Health Care and Control of ABCs of Diabetes

Diabetes Care ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1566-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
K. M. Bullard ◽  
E. W. Gregg ◽  
G. L. Beckles ◽  
D. E. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Existing NCD Monitoring and Surveillance Systems and its adaptability to Fiji’s context: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 440-448
Author(s):  
Josua Ligairi ◽  
Donald Wilson ◽  
Isimeli Tukana
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Sentinel Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Mesh Terms ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance ◽  
And Control

Introduction: The United Nations high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases passed a political declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) prevention and control in 2011, emphasizing the great need for NCD surveillance including in Low-to-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs). Method: A review of literature was conducted and set for full text citations published in English dated 1 January, 2007 to 31 August 2019. MESH terms or key words were selected from the following groups of generic terms: the following words “Health surveillance systems” and “NCD monitoring and surveillance system”. The literatures were tabulated according to the authors, date that was published and which journal, the title of the study, the surveillance design and their recommendations. The 13 articles that were identified, only one was conducted in a developing country while the rest were conducted in high income countries. Results: 60% of the NCD surveillace system reviewed use passive surveillance, 30% uses passive assisted sentinel surveillance and 10% use passive assited spatial surveillance. Based on countries surveillance system there was an equal distribution on involvement in policy development (33%), behavioural risk associated aggregates (33%) and intergrated health information System (33%).Through intense review, passive assisted sentinel surveillance was mostly practiced and the use of spatial surveillace in this context for interregional comparisons of specified diseases. Conclusion: There was less evidence on surveillance in LMIC but the following surveillance systems were identified as essential for Fiji’s proposed NCD surveillance system. This study suggest that a probable surveillance system that can be adopted by Fiji is a passive assisted sentinel surveillance system enhanced with Spatial data. Further consultation and a feasibility study can be proposed as a way forward for this study findings.

scholarly journals Design of Visual Platform for Fisheries and Aquaculture Production Based on Geographic Information System Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 02020
Author(s):  
Li Ning ◽  
Yan Xue ◽  
Cheng JinXing ◽  
Sun YingZe
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Gis Technologies ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Production Quantity ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
And Control ◽  
Aquaculture Production

With the deterioration of ecological environment and the increasing demand for aquatic products, the development of fishing remains seriously threatened from various aspects, especially for production planning and control in particular place and time. Therefore, this technical paper develops a visual platform based on Geographic Information System (GIS) aim to help managers formulate sensible policy with the intention of achieving sustainable fisheries development. The key design of this system lies in the association of attribute database and GIS technologies referring to the Leftlet map. There are mainly two contributions in this article: (i) the visualizations of aquaculture production quantity are first proposed according to the geographical location and species category; (ii) system provides the superior results of statistical analysis on user interface due to the technical processing on data association and light or color intensities presentations. Furthermore, the web service is constructed and extended on the principles of the Browser/Server (B/S) architecture whose purpose is to reach efficiency of exploitation and operations.

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