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Edited by Don de Savigny and Pandu Wijeyaratne IDRC 1995 ISBN 0-88936-766-3 172 pp. ![]() The research presented in this book demonstrates how GIS 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. THE EDITORS Don de Savigny directs IDRC's Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP), and is currently based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Panduka Wijeyaratne is Program Director (Tropical Diseases) for the Environmental Health Project in Arlington, VA, USA.
Foreword Don de Savigny, Luc Loslier, and Jim Chauvin 1995 Preface Don de Savigny, Lori Jones-Arsenault, and Pandu Wijeyaratne 1995 CONTEXT 1. The present state of GIS and future trends Steven Reader 1995 CONTEXT 2. GIS from a health perspective Luc Loslier 1995 CONTEXT 3. Spatial and temporal analysis of epidemiological data Flavio Fonseca Nobre and Marilia Sa Carvalho 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 4. Towards a rural information system David le Sueur, Sipho Ngxongo, Maria Stuttaford, Brian Sharp, Rajendra Maharaj, Carrin Martin, and Dawn Brown 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 5. A GIS approach to the determination of catchment populations around Local Health Facilities in Developing Countries H.M. Oranga 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 6. 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 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 7. 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 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 8. GIS for the study and control of malaria Gustavo Bretas 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 9. 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 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 10. Diagnostic features of malaria transmission in Nadiad using remote sensing and GIS M.S. Malhotra and Aruna Srivastava 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 11. 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 1995 CASE STUDIES FROM THE SOUTH 12. Use of RAISON for rural drinking water sources management C.W. Wang 1995 Appendix 1. Interests, problems, and needs of GIS users in health: results of a small survey Luc Loslier 1995 Appendix 2. GIS, health, and epidemiology: an annotated resource guide Steven Reader 1995 Appendix 3. Workshop agenda 1995 Appendix 4. Workshop participants 1995 Résumé français 1995 |
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