GIS for Disease Surveillance Monitoring

Course details

Module 1: 

Basic GIS concepts
Basic concepts and terminologies of GIS
Introduction to spatial information
Introducing Epidemiology concepts
Introducing GIS in disease surveillance
GIS system installation planning
Working with a GIS software

Module 2: 

GIS data sources, data collection and integration techniques for Risk mapping
Data sources for disease information mapping
Mobile data collection using ODK.
Data collection using handheld GPS devices
Integrating GPS and ODK data into a GIS environment

Module 3: 

Disease Vulnerability and Risk Assessment using GIS
Types and methods of risk assessment, risk evaluation, cost-benefit analysis.
Assessment of elements at risk using GIS.
Application of GIS in Multi-criteria analysis in vulnerability assessment.
GIS in mapping disease causing vector location and distribution

Module 4: 

Application of Risk Information for Risk Reduction Planning
Visualization of risk information
Risk mapping
Disease monitoring
Spatial Mapping and Visualization in disease surveillance
GIS mapping of priority public health problems
GIS mapping of most at risk populations
Creating a risk map

Module 5: 

GIS for monitoring in Epidemiology and public health
GIS in Disease transmission and progression mapping
GIS as a Decision Support System for Public Health Management (What, where, when, how and why analysis)
Use of GIS in disease surveillance