Systeme d'Information Geographique et Sante :application a la ville d'Antananarivo
Arch. inst. pasteur Madag
; 67(1-2): 74-78, 2001.
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in French
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ABSTRACT
Geographic Information System and Health in Antananarivo a new approach:
The general health status of the population in the capital; Antananarivo; is determined by anumber of different socio-economical and environmental factors. A study was undertaken in 1998 by which the Geographic Information System (GIS) was implemented in order to describe characteristics in town areas (fokontany) suffering from a high disease burden. It was observed that there was a heterogeneous distribution of health care supporting facilities in comparison to population density in the different areas of the capitol. A risk-score system by use of an image-technique was elaborated. The most important problem encountered in the study was the reduced availability of standardized collected data. The results suggest that GIS constitutes a useful tool in assessment of urban health problems in order to identify fokontany in particular need of additional health care support
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Health
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Geographic Information Systems
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
French
Journal:
Arch. inst. pasteur Madag
Year:
2001
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Article
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