Geographic information systems (GIS) in disease control programmes
Course: GIS
Starting date: 20 June 2011
End date: 1 July 2011
Application deadline: 2 months before start of course
Duration: 2 weeks
Location: ICT (Enschede) and KIT (Amsterdam)
Fee: €1440 (2010)
Contact: healthtraining@kit.nl or education@itc.nl
This course provides knowledge and skills on how GIS can be used for disease control.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful tool for planning and assessment of health interventions and is increasingly recognized as an essential tool in disease control. GIS can effectively be applied to improve health care provision in disease control programmes, where new perspectives and approaches are needed.
This course provides knowledge and skills on how GIS can be used for i) epidemiological assessment of patterns of disease in time and place; ii)assessment of accessibility to health care facilities and iii) visualizing Health Management Information – for monitoring and evaluation of programme performance such as programme indicators, human resources, and laboratory performance indicators.
Special attention is given to using GIS tools for TB control programmes, but case studies related to malaria and other infectious diseases are also used. The course will use ArcViews/ArcGIS. Participants will obtain a one-year student licence of ArcGIS (ArcView)
Participating organizations
ITC (Enschede), KIT (Amsterdam), KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation