A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kelly, Gerard C ^a   Hale, Erick ^b   Donald, Wesley ^c   Batarii, Willie ^b   Bugoro, Hugo ^b   Nausien, Johnny ^c   Smale, John ^d   Palmer, Kevin ^e   Bobogare, Albino ^b   Taleo, George ^c   Vallely, Andrew ^f   Tanner, Marcel ^a,g,h   Vestergaard, Lasse S ⁱ   Clements, Archie Ca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^c Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); Malaria elimination; Mapping; Spatial decision support systems (SDSS); Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL RECONNAISSANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VANUATU;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MELANESIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; VANUATU;

EID: 84875179900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-108     Document Type: Article

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