Course Description

THE RATIONALE

This GIS for Disease Surveillance and Monitoring Training Course is designed to suit professionals in the job market through imparting practical skills on how to use GIS to overcome the major challenges faced during phases of a disease outbreak, surveillance, and monitoring.

Participants will acquire hands-on skills in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) as a tool to capture, store, analyze, manage, and visualize disease cases data that is geographically linked.

 THE COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire knowledge and skills on the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)
• Explain the role GIS plays in solving epidemiological and animal health related problems.
• Develop a key understanding of the different components of a GIS

THE COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover the following:

MODULE 1: BASICS OF GIS

• Basic GIS concepts and terminologies
• Introduction to spatial information
• Introduction to Epidemiology concepts
• Introduction to GIS in disease surveillance
• Planning for a GIS system installation
• 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

TARGET AUDIENCE

Professionals from physical planning, institutions and private GIS and RS related firms.

Risk management Professionals who require Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS).knowledge and skills

Delivery Method: Combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations

Venue: Online Class

Fee:

Duration: 1 week

Course Date: April 24th-28th 2023