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GIS can support public health in different ways as well. First and foremost, GIS displays can help inform proper understanding and drive better decisions. For example, elimination of health disparities is one of two primary goals of Healthy People 2010, one of the preeminent public health programs in existence today in the US. GIS can play a ...
The African Index Medicus (AIM) is an international database to African health literature implemented by World Health Organization (WHO) and African partners. AIM makes available (on line) health information produced on Africa or by African researchers for health workers, policy makers and communities.
GIS data for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Name Description; Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access: State wide GIS datasets provided by Pennsylvania State University: Open Data Philly: Data repository for the City of Philadelphia, which includes GIS data-sets relating to the Philadelphia region, available to view and download in various formats
African Health Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering clinical practice and public health policy relevant to Africa and low-income countries. [1] The editor-in-chief is James K. Tumwine (Makerere University), who established the journal in 2001. [2] The journal is abstracted and indexed by Index Medicus ...
African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is a South African non-profit organization, that lies in the headquarters of Grahamstown.It is dedicated to improving the online visibility and access to the published scholarly research of African-based academics.
International Journal of Health Geographics. 10: 36. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-36. PMC 3123168. PMID 21599932. Gruebner O, Khan MH, Hostert P (2011). "Spatial Epidemiological Applications in Public Health Research: Examples from the Megacity of Dhaka". In Krämer A, Khan MH, Kraas F (eds.). Health in Megacities and Urban Areas.
Web GIS has been used extensively in public health to communicate health data to the public and policymakers. [22] During the COVID-19 Pandemic, dashboard Web GIS Apps were popularized as a template for displaying health data by Johns Hopkins University, which was updated until March 10th, 2023.
The African Journal of Reproductive Health/La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive is a peer-reviewed public health journal that covers original research on reproductive health in Africa. It is published by the Women's Health and Action Research Center and the editor-in-chief is Friday Okonofua.