title: The use of a GIS-based malaria information system for malaria research and control in South Africa.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Malaria Research Programme, Medical Research Council, Durban, PO Box 17120, Congella, 4013, Durban, South Africa. martinc@mrc.ac.ac.za
authors.forename: Carrin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Bronwyn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: 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