The use of a GIS-based malaria information system for malaria research and control in South Africa.
The paper aims to outline the innovative development and application of a Geographical Information System based Malaria Information System for malaria research and control in South Africa. This system is a product of collaboration between the Malaria Control Programmes and the Malaria Research Programme of the Medical Research Council of South Africa. The ability of such a system to process data timeously into a usable format is discussed, as well as its relevance to malaria research, appropriate malaria control measures, tourism, and social and economic development.
Martin
Carrin
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Malaria Research Programme, Medical Research Council, Durban, PO Box 17120, Congella, 4013, Durban, South Africa. martinc@mrc.ac.ac.za
Curtis
Bronwyn
B
Fraser
Colleen
C
Sharp
Brian
B
D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003710:Demography; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D040442:Public Health Informatics; D012106:Research; D017215:Satellite Communications; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology