Malaria elimination: Moving forward with spatial decision support systems

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 297-304

  Kelly, Gerard C ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^a,b,c   Vallely, Andrew ^d   Clements, Archie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Malaria elimination; Monitoring and evaluation; Spatial decision support system; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE ERADICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84862333039     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.04.002     Document Type: Review

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