Malareo: A user-driven project

Geospatial Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 80-87

  Gebreslasie, Michael T ^a   Bauwens, Ides ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Lubombo spatial development initiative; MALAREO; Malaria; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOZAMBIQUE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84946556487     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.329     Document Type: Editorial

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