GIS based malaria information management system for urban malaria scheme in India.
A GIS based information management system has been developed to help Urban Malaria Control in India. The basic objective is to develop a model to assist planning and implementation of a suitable control measure. The system can help in: (i) identifying high receptive areas in time and space domain; (ii) identifying risk factors for high receptivity; (iii) monitoring and evaluating control measures. To demonstrate this system, information on 33 parameters and malaria cases has been attached to a digitised map of Dindigul, an urban town in Tamil Nadu. Functionalities of the system and its utility are described in this paper. A GIS based information management system ensures that if a localised spurt of the disease occurs, it can be associated rapidly with a likely cause, a specific vector, and a probable human source, so that appropriate preventive action can be taken to arrest any rising trend.
Srivastava
Aruna
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Malaria Research Centre, 20 Madhuban, Delhi 110 092, India. aruna_srivastava@hotmail.com
Nagpal
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Saxena
Rekha
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Eapen
Alex
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Ravindran
K John
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Subbarao
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Rajamanikam
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Palanisamy
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Kalra
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Appavoo
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D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000379:methods*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007256:Information Systems; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D040442:Public Health Informatics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D019371:Topography, Medical / Q000379:methods; D014504:Urban Health; D014584:User-Computer Interface