Course Description

THE RATIONALE

This GIS for Health Sector Program Management training course offers an introduction to GIS and how it is used in public health and epidemiological research. It will introduce participants to the basics including working with and integrating spatial and non-spatial data; geographic scale and spatial precision; decoding; visualization; thematic mapping; and understanding spatial relationships.

Specific skills and tools will be introduced in relation to assessing exposure to a range of environmental risks, and a particular focus will be given to methods for spatial linkage of exposure, contextual and cofounder information for epidemiological or health risk assessment studies.

THE COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

• Acquire skills on how to make different types of web maps with FOSS and open standards
• Develop skill to publish maps online using open source software (Carto DB, fusion Tables, Geoserver).
• Read Data from various Data source
• Processing spatial data with FOSS
• Draw and query maps on the server using Web Map Service
• Put layers together with a web mapping API
• Explore open data, VGI, and crowdsourcing
• Understand the importance of web services and spatial databases

 THE COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover the following:

MODULE1: GIS FOR HEALTH SECTOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION

• Introduction to GIS
• Basic concepts in GIS
• GIS for health applications
• GIS advantages in Health
• Introduction to Quantum GIS(QGIS) and its user interface

MODULE 2: SPATIAL DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH APPLICATIONS

• Digitizing and scanning of maps
• Using GPS
• Using GPS utility software for managing and downloading and managing data
• Using Mobile Phones (ODK) for GIS data collection
• Importing GPS data to Quantum GIS
• Extraction of data from GPS
• Mapping GPS data
• Bringing ODK data into a GIS

MODULE 3: DATA VISUALIZATION

• Map layers in GIS
• Composing a GIS layout from GIS layers
• Geoprocessing
• Key elements of a map
• Composing a map
• Case study

MODULE 4: GEOCODING TABULAR DATA

• Creating health-care map layers
• Spatially join and aggregate point data to create choropleth maps
• Building and coding the new variables
• Using data from databases database management
• Project maps for health data analysis at different geographic scales
• Techniques of overlaying GIS data
• Extracting subsets of GIS data for mapping
• Prepare incidence and prevalence maps

MODULE 5: CASE STUDY: STUDYING DISEASE OUTBREAKS

• Visualize malaria mortality by regions
• Use buffer analysis to identify affected populations
• Participatory mapping for disease outbreaks

 TARGET AUDIENCE

• Public health practitioners
• Epidemiologists
• Exposure scientists
• Quantitative health geographers
• Risk assessors

Delivery Method: The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works and case studies. Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Venue:

Fee:

Duration: 1 week

Course Date: Feb 21st-25th 2022